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2008 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 44
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled December 20, 2007
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-199.5, relating to after school programs for at-risk students.
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Patrons-- Miller, Y.B.; Delegate: Eisenberg
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-199.5 as follows:

§ 22.1-199.5. After school programs for at-risk students.

A local school board may establish after school programs designed to prevent at-risk youth from engaging in illegal or gang-related activities for students who attend elementary, middle, or high schools. To be eligible to attend such programs, a student shall be enrolled in a public school in the relevant school division.

State and local funds appropriated for educational purposes may be used to support such programs.