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1995 SESSION
LD5880212Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-280.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-280.1. Reports of certain acts to school authorities.
A. Any attempted or actual physical injury, including "unlawful
woundings," maimings, and homicides, other than involuntary manslaughter,
committed by a student on school personnel shall be reported to the principal
or his designee. Similar reports Reports shall be made to
the principal or his designee on all incidents involving (i) the
assault, assault and battery, sexual assault, death, shooting,
stabbing, cutting, or wounding of any person on a school bus, on school
property, or at a school-sponsored activity; (ii) any conduct involving
alcohol, marijuana, a controlled substance, imitation controlled substance,
or an anabolic steroid on a school bus, on school property, or at a
school-sponsored activity; (iii) any threats against school personnel while
on a school bus, on school property or at a school-sponsored activity; or
(iv) the illegal carrying of a firearm onto school property. The principal or
his designee shall semiannually submit a report of all such
incidents to the superintendent of the school division. The division
superintendent shall annually report all such incidents to the Department of
Education for the purpose of recording the frequency of such incidents on
forms which shall be provided by the Department. A division superintendent
who knowingly fails to comply or secure compliance with the reporting
requirements of this section subsection shall be
subject to the sanctions authorized in § 22.1-65.
B. The principal or his designee shall notify the parent of any student involved in an incident required by subsection A to be reported, regardless of whether disciplinary action is taken against such student or the nature of the disciplinary action. Such notice shall relate to only the relevant student's involvement and shall not include information concerning other students.
Whenever any student commits any reportable incident as set forth in this section, such student shall be required to participate in such prevention and intervention activities as deemed appropriate by the superintendent or his designee. Prevention and intervention activities shall be identified in the local school division's drug and violence prevention plans developed pursuant to the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Title IV - “Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act”).
C. Division superintendents shall report to the local law-enforcement agency any act enumerated in subsection A which may constitute a criminal offense.
D. All school boards shall develop, in cooperation with the local law-enforcement agencies, juvenile and domestic relations court judges and personnel, parents, and the community at large, programs to prevent violence and crime on school property and at school-sponsored events. Activities designed to prevent the recurrence of violence and crime may include such interventions as school crime lines, peer mediation, conflict resolution, community service requirements, and any program focused on demonstrating the consequences of violence and crime.
E. A statement providing a procedure and the purpose for the
requirements of subsection A this section shall be
included in the policy manual of all school divisions.
The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to implement this section
including, but not limited to, the establishing
reporting date and the format of the reports dates and
report formats.
F. School boards are encouraged to develop and use a network of volunteer services in implementing the prevention activities required by subsection D.
G. For the purposes of this section, “parent” or “parents” means any parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of a child.