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SENATE BILL NO. 224 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on January 20, 2000) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator K. G. Miller A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-4.2, relating to designation of race or ethnicity by public school elementary students.

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 school elementary 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.