                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STUDY OF DOCUMENTS OF VIRGINIA HISTORY AND UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION (§
22.1-201)

To increase knowledge of citizens&#8217; rights and responsibilities thereunder
and to enhance the understanding of Virginia&#8217;s unique role in the history
of the United States, the Declaration of American Independence, the general
principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of
Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the Virginia
Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the Virginia
Declaration of Rights shall be thoroughly explained and taught by teachers to
pupils in public elementary, middle, and high schools. Emphasis shall be given
to the relationship between these documents and Virginia history and to
citizenship responsibilities inherent in the rights included in these documents.
Each teacher shall ensure that all supplementary written materials that he uses
to teach these documents contain accurate restatements of the principles
contained in such documents. Written examinations as to each of such documents
shall be given.
		The Department of Education shall develop guidelines for supplementary written
materials that teachers use to teach the Declaration of American Independence,
the general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the
Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the
Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the
Virginia Declaration of Rights.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-234; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 69; 1980, c. 559; 1982, c.
354; 1991, c. 178; 1994, c. 693; 1999, c. 559; 2000, c. 504; 2014, c. 647.