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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 22.1 - Education
Chapter 14 - Pupils
§ 22.1-279.7. Guidelines for student searches
Universal Citation: VA Code § 22.1-279.7 (2018)
The Board of Education shall develop, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, guidelines for school boards for the conduct of student searches, including random locker searches, voluntary and mandatory drug testing, and strip searches, consistent with relevant state and federal laws and constitutional principles.
School boards shall adopt and revise, in accordance with the requirements of this section, regulations governing student searches that are consistent with the guidelines of the Board.
1998, c. 655; 1999, c. 650; 2000, c. 648, ยง 22.1-277.01:2; 2001, cc. 688, 820; 2003, c. 899.
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