                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GRADUATION; WAIVERS AND EXIT EXAMS (§ 22.1-380)

In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of students, school division
administrative officials shall incorporate the following procedures:

1. School division administrative officials shall waive specific courses
required for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed
in a local education agency in a sending state or a foreign education agency in
a sending country or shall provide reasonable justification for denial of such
waiver. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who would qualify to
graduate in a sending state or a sending country, the school division shall
provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation
may occur on time; and

2. School division administrative officials shall accept, in lieu of testing
requirements for graduation in the Commonwealth, (i) exit or end-of-course exams
required for graduation from the sending state or a sending country, (ii)
national norm-referenced achievement tests, or (iii) alternative testing
acceptable in the Commonwealth.

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