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2014 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-201 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-201. Study of documents of Virginia history and United States Constitution.
To increase knowledge of citizens' rights and responsibilities
thereunder and to enhance the understanding of Virginia's unique role in the
history of the United States, the Declaration of American Independence, the
general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill
of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the
Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, of
The Virginia Company, and the Virginia Declaration of Rights shall be
thoroughly explained and taught by teachers to pupils in public elementary,
middle, and high schools. Emphasis shall be given to the relationship between
these documents and Virginia history, and to citizenship
responsibilities inherent in the rights included in these documents. Each
teacher shall ensure that all supplementary written materials that he uses to
teach these documents contain accurate restatements of the principles contained
in such documents. Written examinations as to each of such documents shall
be given.
2. That the Department of Education shall develop guidelines for supplementary written materials that teachers use to teach the Declaration of American Independence, the general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the Virginia Declaration of Rights.