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2000 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-4.2 as follows:
§ 22.1-4.2. Designation of race or ethnicity by public elementary school students.
School board employees administering tests or other assessment instruments shall not require any public elementary school students being tested to disclose their race or ethnicity on such tests.
Nothing in this section shall, however, prevent relevant school division personnel from obtaining such information from the students' permanent record and placing such information on such test or assessment instrument.