                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPERATION OF VACATION SCHOOLS AND SUMMER CAMPS BY SCHOOL BOARDS (§ 22.1-211)

Any school board or any two or more school boards acting in conjunction may
establish and operate or cause to be established and operated, for the benefit
of persons of school age, vacation schools or camps for the advancement of
education, physical training, health, nutrition, the prevention of communicable
diseases, or for any other purpose deemed by such board or boards to be
beneficial to persons of school age requiring special training or attention or
which will promote the efficiency of their respective school systems.
		Such school board or boards may expend such sum or sums as may be reasonable
and requisite for such purposes or may provide such sum or sums and permit the
proper use of any school property, under reasonable safeguards, for the
establishment and operation of a vacation school or camp conducted under the
auspices and supervision of any other governmental agency approved by such
school board or boards, for the benefit of persons of school age within the
jurisdiction of such board or boards. Such activity shall have been included in
the estimate of money deemed to be needed for public schools for the year in
which such expenditure is made.
		The establishment and operation of such school or camp shall also be approved,
as to conditions affecting sanitation and safety, by the health authorities
having jurisdiction of the area in which such vacation school or camp is located
and conducted. Any vacation school or camp operated by such school board or
boards or any other local agency, department or board shall be available to
persons of school age within the applicable jurisdiction on a nondiscriminatory
basis regardless of whether they attend public or private schools.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-55; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1973, c. 101; 1980,
c. 559; 1989, c. 277; 1995, c. 244.