                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TEACHERS TO KEEP DAILY ATTENDANCE RECORDS (§ 22.1-259)

A teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth shall keep an accurate
daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the
school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Board. Such record shall, at all times, be open to
any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this article who may inspect
or copy the same and shall be admissible in evidence in any prosecution for a
violation of this article as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 22-209, 22-275.15; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1964, c.
119; 1968, c. 178; 1980, c. 559; 2025, c. 293.