2006 Code of Virginia § 22.1-261 - Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer

22.1-261. Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; dutiesof attendance officer.

The attendance officer or the division superintendent shall check the reportssubmitted pursuant to subsection A of 22.1-260 with the last school censusand with reports from the State Registrar of Vital Records and HealthStatistics. From these reports and from any other reliable source theattendance officer or the division superintendent shall, within five daysafter receiving all reports submitted pursuant to subsection A of 22.1-260,make a list of the names of children who are not enrolled in any school andwho are not exempt from school attendance. It shall be the duty of theattendance officer, on behalf of the local school board, to investigate allcases of nonenrollment and, when no valid reason is found therefor, to notifythe parent, guardian or other person having control of the child to requirethe attendance of such child at the school within three days from the date ofsuch notice.

(Code 1950, 22-275.10; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1980, c. 559; 1996, cc. 891,964; 1999, c. 526.)