                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL DISSECTION (§ 22.1-200.01)

Local school divisions shall provide students with alternatives to animal
dissection techniques within the relevant public school curriculum or course.
The Board of Education shall establish guidelines to be implemented by local
school divisions regarding such alternative dissection techniques. Such
guidelines shall address, but shall not be limited to, (i) the use of detailed
models of animal anatomy and computer simulations as alternatives to dissection;
(ii) notification of students and parents of the option to decline to
participate in animal dissection; and (iii) such other issues as the Board deems
appropriate.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 918.