                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNIFORMED SERVICES-CONNECTED STUDENTS (§ 22.1-287.04)

A. For purposes of this section, a &#8220;uniformed services-connected
student&#8221; means a student enrolled in a public school whose parent is
serving in either (i) the active component of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or National Guard, the Commissioned
Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the
Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Services or (ii) the reserve
component of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space
Force, or National Guard.

B. The Department of Education shall establish a process for the identification
of newly enrolled uniformed services-connected students by local school
divisions. Local school divisions shall identify newly enrolled uniformed
services-connected students in accordance with such process.

C. Nonidentifiable, aggregate data collected from the identification of
uniformed services-connected students shall be made available to local, state,
and federal entities for the purposes of becoming eligible for nongeneral fund
sources and receiving services to meet the needs of uniformed services-connected
students residing in the Commonwealth.

D. Data collected from the identification of uniformed services-connected
students shall not be a public record as defined in &#xA7; 2.2-3701. No person
shall disclose such data except as permitted under the provisions of the federal
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1232g) and related
regulations. No such data shall be used for the purposes of student achievement,
the Standards of Accreditation, student-growth indicators, the school
performance report card, or any other school rating system.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 582, 583; 2024, c. 817.