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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 22.1 - Education
Chapter 1 - System of Public Schools; General Provisions
§ 22.1-4.2. Designation of race or ethnicity
Universal Citation: VA Code § 22.1-4.2 (2018)
A. School board employees administering tests or other assessment instruments shall not require any public school students being tested to disclose their race or ethnicity on such tests.
Nothing in this subsection shall, however, prevent relevant school division personnel from obtaining such information from the students' permanent record and placing such information on such test or assessment instrument.
B. No student or his parent shall be required to disclose information related to the student's race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his parent is given an option to designate "other" for the student's race or ethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal law.
2000, c. 273; 2018, c. 587.
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