                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP LABORATORY SCHOOLS;
REQUIREMENTS (§ 22.1-349.3)

A. A college partnership laboratory school is subject to all federal and state
laws and regulations and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on
the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education
services.

B. Enrollment in college partnership laboratory schools shall be open through a
lottery process on a space-available basis to any student who is deemed to
reside within the Commonwealth. A waiting list shall be established if adequate
space is not available to accommodate all students whose parents have requested
to be entered in the lottery process. Such waiting list shall also be
prioritized through a lottery process, and parents shall be informed of their
student&#8217;s position on the list. For college partnership laboratory schools
that form a collaborative partnership with one or more local school divisions in
accordance with subsection G, enrollment in the college partnership laboratory
school shall be administered by one of the partnering divisions.

C. A college partnership laboratory school shall be administered and managed by
a governing board. Pursuant to a contract and as specified in &#xA7; 22.1-349.4,
a college partnership laboratory school is subject to the requirements of the
Standards of Quality, including the Standards of Learning and the Standards of
Accreditation, and such regulations as are determined by the Board.

D. Pursuant to a college partnership laboratory school agreement, a college
partnership laboratory school is responsible for its own operations, including
such budget preparation, contracts for services, and personnel matters as are
specified in the agreement. A college partnership laboratory school may also
negotiate and contract with a school board, the governing body of an institution
of higher education, or any third party for the use of a school building or
grounds, the operation and maintenance of such building or grounds, and the
provision of any service, activity, or undertaking that the college partnership
laboratory school is required to perform in order to carry out the educational
program described in its contract. Any services for which a college partnership
laboratory school contracts with a school board or institution of higher
education shall not exceed the cost to the school division or institution to
provide such services.

E. No college partnership laboratory school shall charge tuition for courses
required for high school graduation. However, (i) tuition may be charged for
courses for which the student receives college credit and enrichment courses
that are not required to earn a Board-approved high school diploma and (ii) for
college partnership laboratory schools that form a collaborative partnership
with one or more local school divisions in accordance with subsection G, the
school board of the partnering school division that administers student
enrollment in accordance with subsection A may charge tuition in accordance with
&#xA7; 22.1-5 for students who do not reside within the partnering school
division.

F. An approved college partnership laboratory school shall be designated as a
local education agency but shall not constitute a school division.

G. College partnership laboratory schools are encouraged to develop
collaborative partnerships with local school divisions for the purpose of
building seamless education opportunities for all preschool through
postsecondary students in the Commonwealth. An educational program provided to
students enrolled in a local school division pursuant to a collaborative
partnership between the college partnership laboratory school and the local
school division is the educational program of the local school division for
purposes of the Standards of Accreditation.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.2; 2012, cc. 176, 580; 2014, c. 754;
2016, c. 588; 2020, c. 1137.