                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACCREDITATION OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS; NURSERY SCHOOLS;
RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS; CHILD DAY CENTER REGULATION (§ 22.1-19)

The Board shall provide for the accreditation of public elementary, middle, and
high schools in accordance with standards prescribed by it. The Board may
provide for the accreditation of private elementary, middle, and high schools in
accordance with standards prescribed by it, taking reasonably into account the
special circumstances and factors affecting such private schools. The Board in
its discretion may recommend provisions for accreditation standards for private
nursery schools. Any such accreditation shall be at the request of the private
school only.
		For the purposes of facilitating the transfer of academic credits for students
who have attended private schools and are enrolling in public schools, and to
meet the requirements of § 22.1-289.032, the Board of Education shall
authorize, in a manner it deems appropriate, the Virginia Council for Private
Education to accredit private nursery, preschool, elementary, and secondary
schools.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-21; 1954, c. 326; 1968, c. 281; 1980, c. 559; 1991, c.
178; 1993, cc. 730, 742; 2000, c. 535; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, c. 442; 2020,
cc. 860, 861.