                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE PROCESS FOR CERTAIN INCIDENTS (§ 22.1-279.3:3)

A. A school board may establish an alternative school discipline process to
provide the parties involved in an incident of assault or assault and battery,
without bodily injury, of any person on a school bus, on school property, or at
a school-sponsored activity the option to enter into a mutually agreed-upon
process between the involved parties. Such process shall be designed to hold the
student accountable for a noncriminal offense through a mutually agreed-upon
standard.

B. If provided for in the process established by the school board, no principal
shall report to the local law-enforcement agency a party who successfully
completes the alternative school discipline process. If the parties fail to
agree to participate in the process or fail to successfully complete the
alternative school discipline process, then the principal may report the
incident to the local law-enforcement agency.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 876; 2022, cc. 793, 794.