§ 22.1-254 Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article.
§ 22.1-254.01 Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions.
§ 22.1-254.02 Students transferring from a public school.
§ 22.1-254.1 Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children.
§ 22.1-254.2 Testing for high school equivalency; eligibility; guidelines.
§ 22.1-255 Nonresident children.
§ 22.1-256 Repealed.
§ 22.1-258 Appointment of attendance officers; notification when pupil fails to report to school; plan; conference; court proceedings.
§ 22.1-259 Teachers to keep daily attendance records.
§ 22.1-260 Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance.
§ 22.1-261 Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer.
§ 22.1-262 Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law.
§ 22.1-263 Violation constitutes misdemeanor.
§ 22.1-264 Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age.
§ 22.1-264.1 Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty.
§ 22.1-265 Inducing children to absent themselves.
§ 22.1-266 Law-enforcement officers and truant children.
§ 22.1-267 Proceedings against habitually absent child.
§ 22.1-268 Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth to prosecute cases arising under article; jurisdiction of offenses.
§ 22.1-269 Board to enforce.
§ 22.1-269.1 Alternative attendance programs.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 22.1 > Chapter 14 > Article 1 - Compulsory School Attendance.

  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Department of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Division superintendent: means the division superintendent of schools of a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Middle school: means separate schools for early adolescents and the middle school grades that might be housed at elementary or high schools. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
  • parents: means any parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having control or charge of a child. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • School board: means the school board that governs a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Public Instruction. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Supreme Court: means the Supreme Court of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-249
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.