Bill Text: VA HB1997 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders, notification.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579) [HB1997 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB1997-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-279.3:2 as follows:
§22.1-279.3:2. Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders; notification.
Any school principal who receives notice that a circuit court, general district court, juvenile and domestic relations district court, or magistrate has issued a protective order pursuant to §16.1-253, 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.4, or 16.1-279.1, subsection D of §18.2-60.3, or Chapter 9.1 (§ 19.2-152.7:1 et seq.) of Title 19.2 for the protection of any child who is enrolled at a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth where such principal is employed, or any other order prohibiting contact with such a child, including an order issued as a condition of pretrial or posttrial supervision, shall subsequently notify licensed instructional personnel and other school personnel who (i) provide direct educational or support services to the protected child or the child subject to the order, (ii) have a legitimate educational interest in such information, and (iii) are responsible for the direct supervision of the protected child or the child subject to the order that such order has been issued.
2. That the Board of Education shall establish guidelines and develop model policies to aid local school boards in the implementation of § 22.1-279.3:2 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act.
