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2002 SESSION


CHAPTER 421
An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-238 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain textbooks.
[H 794]
Approved April 2, 2002

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-238 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-238. Approval of textbooks and appliances.

A. The Board of Education shall approve textbooks suitable for use in the public schools and shall have authority to approve instructional aids and materials for use in the public schools.

Any school board may use textbooks not approved by the Board provided the school board selects such books in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board.

B. In approving basal textbooks for reading in kindergarten through first grade, the Board shall report to local school boards those textbooks with a minimum decodability standard based on words that students can correctly read by properly attaching speech sounds to each letter to formulate the word at seventy percent or above for such textbooks.