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1996 SESSION

963441358
HOUSE BILL NO. 276
Offered January 10, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-83.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice of arrest of school employee.
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Patrons-- Mims, Albo, Callahan, Crouch, Forbes, Griffith, Hamilton, Howell, Katzen, Kilgore, McClure, McDonnell, Ruff, Way, Weatherholtz and Wilkins; Senators: Couric and Schrock
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19.2-83.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-83.1. Report of arrest of certain school employees for certain offenses.

Every state official or agency and every sheriff, police officer, or other local law-enforcement officer or conservator of the peace having the power to arrest for a felony, upon arresting a person who is known or discovered by the arresting official to be a teacher or employee in any public school division in this Commonwealth for any felony, crime involving moral turpitude, or offense involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, shall file a report of such arrest with the local school division superintendent as soon as reasonably practical. The contents of the report required pursuant to this section shall be utilized by the local school division solely to implement the provisions of § 22.1-315.