                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXPULSION OF STUDENTS FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES (§ 22.1-277.08)

A. School boards shall expel from school attendance any student whom such school
board has determined, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
article, to have brought a controlled substance, imitation controlled substance,
or marijuana as defined in &#xA7; 18.2-247 onto school property or to a
school-sponsored activity. A school administrator, pursuant to school board
policy, or a school board may, however, determine, based on the facts of a
particular situation, that special circumstances exist and no disciplinary
action or another disciplinary action or another term of expulsion is
appropriate. A school board may, by regulation, authorize the division
superintendent or his designee to conduct a preliminary review of such cases to
determine whether a disciplinary action other than expulsion is appropriate.
Such regulations shall ensure that, if a determination is made that another
disciplinary action is appropriate, any such subsequent disciplinary action is
to be taken in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to require a student&#8217;s expulsion
regardless of the facts of the particular situation.

B. Each school board shall revise its standards of student conduct to
incorporate the requirements of this section no later than three months after
the date on which this act becomes effective.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 655; 1999, cc. 706, 732, § 22.1-277.01:1; 2001, cc. 688, 820;
2011, cc. 384, 410; 2014, cc. 109, 312, 577, 674, 719, 765.