2006 Code of Virginia § 22.1-281 - Triennial census of school population

22.1-281. Triennial census of school population.

Every three years, at a time to be designated by the Superintendent of PublicInstruction, a census of all persons residing within each school divisionwho, on or before December 31 immediately following the census, will havereached their fifth birthday but not their twentieth birthday shall be takenon forms furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Such personswho are domiciled in orphanages or eleemosynary institutions or who aredependents living on any federal military or naval reservation or otherfederal property shall be included in the census for the school divisionwithin which the institution or federal military or naval reservation orother federal property is located. Such persons who reside in state hospitalsor training centers, as defined in 37.2-100, state or federal correctionalinstitutions, or the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton,or the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hamptonshall be included in the census for the school division within which theparents or guardians of such person or persons legally reside. If the legalresidence of the parents or guardians of such person is not ascertainable,such parents or guardians shall be deemed to be legal residents of the schooldivision from which such person was admitted or committed.

(Code 1950, 22-223, 22-228; 1954, c. 638; 1966, c. 605; 1968, c. 178;1970, cc. 496, 525; 1972, c. 245; 1973, c. 99; 1975, cc. 140, 568; 1976, cc.680, 681, 713; 1978, c. 518; 1980, c. 559; 1992, c. 163; 2000, c. 285; 2005,c. 716.)