                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DESIGNATION OF RACE OR ETHNICITY (§ 22.1-4.2)

A. School board employees administering tests or other assessment instruments
shall not require any public school students being tested to disclose their race
or ethnicity on such tests.
			Nothing in this subsection shall, however, prevent relevant school division
personnel from obtaining such information from the students&#8217; permanent
record and placing such information on such test or assessment instrument.

B. No student or his parent shall be required to disclose information related to
the student&#8217;s race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his parent is
given an option to designate &#8220;other&#8221; for the student&#8217;s race or
ethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal law.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 273; 2018, c. 587.