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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66355</law_id><section_number>8.01-390.1</section_number><catch_line>School records as evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Laws, Public Records, and Copies of Original Records as Evidence</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In a proceeding where a <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s school records are <span class="dictionary">material</span> and otherwise <span class="dictionary">admissible</span>, copies of such school records shall be received as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in any matter, provided that such copies are authenticated to be true and accurate copies by the custodian thereof, or by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the custodian reports if they are different. An <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> signed by the custodian of such records, or by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the custodian reports if they are different, stating that such records are true and accurate copies of such records shall be valid authentication for the purposes of this section. Except for copies of report cards and letters previously sent to parents, subjective information, including observations, comments or <span class="dictionary">opinions</span> shall be redacted, by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, from any records prior to admittance of the records into <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> pursuant to this section. Any <span class="dictionary">party</span> seeking to introduce records authenticated by <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> under this section shall deliver notice and a copy of such records to the other parties so that they are received not less than seven days prior to the introduction of such records.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 558; 2009, c. 212; 2012, c. 499.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
