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2005 SESSION
051536548Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-79.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-79.3. Policies regarding certain activities.
A. No later than January 1, 2001, local school boards shall develop and implement policies to ensure that public school students are not required to convey or deliver any materials that (i) advocate the election or defeat of any candidate for elective office, (ii) advocate the passage or defeat of any referendum question, or (iii) advocate the passage or defeat of any matter pending before a local school board, local governing body or the General Assembly of Virginia or the Congress of the United States.
This section shall not be construed to prohibit the discussion or use of political or issue-oriented materials as part of classroom discussions or projects or to prohibit the delivery of informational materials.
B. Local school boards shall develop and implement policies to prohibit the administration of questionnaires or surveys to public school students during the regular school day or at school-sponsored events without written, informed parental consent for the student's participation when participation in such questionnaire or survey may subsequently result in the sale for commercial purposes of personal information regarding the individual student.
C. No local school board providing access and opportunity to use school facilities or to distribute literature may deny equal access or fair opportunity to use such school facilities or to distribute literature, or otherwise discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America or the Girl Scouts of the USA.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require any school or school division to sponsor the Boy Scouts of America or the Girl Scouts of the USA, or to exempt any such groups from school board policies governing access to and use of school facilities and distribution of literature.
D. In the exercise of their authority to protect the
well-being of students [ as recognized by federal law pursuant to 20
U.S.C. § 4071 (f), local school boards providing equal access and fair
opportunity to use school facilities or to distribute literature shall not
allow such access or opportunity to use such school facilities or to distribute
literature to any club or other group that is focused on supporting, assisting,
or justifying any lifestyle involving sexual behavior. pursuant to
20 U.S.C. 4071(f), local school boards in their discretion may prohibit school
facilities from being used by any student club or other student group that
encourages or promotes sexual activity by unmarried minor students. ]