                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS RELATED TO SECURE MANDATORY TESTS (§ 22.1-19.1)

A. The Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the Board of Education, may
bring a cause of action in the circuit court having jurisdiction where the
person resides or where the act occurred for injunctive relief, civil penalty,
or both, against any person who knowingly and willfully commits any of the
following acts related to secure mandatory tests required by the Board to be
administered to students:

   1. Permitting unauthorized access to secure test questions prior to testing;

   2. Copying or reproducing all or any portion of any secure test booklet;

   3. Divulging the contents of any portion of a secure test;

   4. Altering test materials or examinees&#8217; responses in any way;

   5. Creating or making available answer keys to secure tests;

   6. Making a false certification on the test security form established by the
   Department of Education;

   7. Excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed; or

   8. Participating in, directing, aiding or abetting, or assisting in any of the
   acts prohibited in this section.
   				For the purpose of this subsection, &#8220;secure&#8221; means an item,
   question, or test that has not been made publicly available by the Department
   of Education.

B. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or restrict the
reasonable and necessary actions of the Board of Education, Superintendent of
Public Instruction or the Department of Education or their agents or employees
engaged in test development or selection, test form construction, standard
setting, test scoring, reporting test scores, or any other related activities
which, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or Board of
Education, are necessary and appropriate.

C. Any person who violates any provisions of this section may be assessed a
civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Furthermore, any person
whose administrative or teaching license has been suspended or revoked pursuant
to &#xA7; 22.1-292.1 may be assessed a civil penalty for the same violation
under this section and the reasonable costs of any review or investigation of a
violation of test security.
			All civil penalties paid to the Commonwealth pursuant to this section shall
be deposited into the Literary Fund.

D. For the purpose of this section, &#8220;person&#8221; shall not mean a
student enrolled in a public school.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 634, 659; 2004, cc. 939, 955; 2006, cc. 25, 95; 2011, c. 248.