                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNOFFICIAL EDUCATIONAL RECORDS (§ 22.1-372)

In the event that official educational records cannot be released to the parents
for the purpose of transfer from a local education agency in a sending state or
a foreign education agency in a sending country to a school division, the
custodian of the records in the sending state or the sending country may prepare
and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational records. Upon
receipt of the unofficial educational records by a school in a school division,
such school shall enroll and appropriately place the student based on the
information provided in the unofficial records pending validation by the
official records, as quickly as possible.

HISTORY: 2023, c. 783; 2025, c. 445.