                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AGREEMENTS FOR SATELLITE CLASSROOMS (§ 22.1-26.1)

A. School boards may enter into agreements with private business and industry
for the establishment, installation, renovation, remodeling, or construction of
satellite classrooms for grades kindergarten through three on a site owned by
the business or industry and leased to the school board at no cost.
			The local school board may adopt procedures for the enrollment of children of
employees of the private industry who reside outside the attendance zone for
such classrooms. Such procedures shall be designed to ensure compliance with all
federal and state laws and regulations and constitutional provisions prohibiting
discrimination that are applicable to public schools and with any court-ordered
desegregation plan in effect for the school division.
			Agreements for such satellite classrooms shall include, among other things:

   1. A detailed description of the satellite site, the site development
   necessary for new construction, remodeling, or renovation for the
   accomplishment of the project, and any facility to be constructed.

   2. A plan for the reimbursement of the school division by the private industry
   or business upon premature termination of any such lease agreement.

   3. An enrollment plan, including grade levels to be served.

   4. A description of any waivers to be requested from the Board of Education
   for the operation of such satellite classrooms.

B. The relevant governing body may, by ordinance duly adopted, exempt in whole
or in part from any and all taxes authorized pursuant to Chapter 37 (&#xA7;
58.1-3700 et seq.) of Title 58.1, private businesses and industries entering
into agreements pursuant to this section.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 717.