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2006 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1222
Offered January 11, 2006
Prefiled January 11, 2006
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-264.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tuition liability for false statements of residency within a school division; penalty.
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Patron-- Barlow
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 22.1-264.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-264.1. Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty.

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child, as determined by § 22.1-3, in a particular school division or school attendance zone, for the purposes of (i) avoiding the tuition charges authorized by § 22.1-5 or (ii) enrollment in a school outside the attendance zone in which the student resides, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor and shall be liable to the school division in which the child was enrolled as a result of such false statements for tuition charges, pursuant to § 22.1-5, for the time the student was enrolled in such school division.