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1996 SESSION

963441358
HOUSE BILL NO. 276
House Amendments in [ ] -- January 31, 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 [ any ] 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 [ of the employing division ] 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.