{"id":"VA-043","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Virginia (2021 Special Session I), approved by Governor Northam","authority":"Acts of Assembly, 2021 Sp. Sess. I, ch. 456 (SB 1303)","instrument":"Chapter 456, 2021 Special Session I (SB 1303)","title":"An Act to require each school board to offer in-person instruction to students enrolled in the local school division","dateIssued":"2021-03-30","effective":"2021-07-01 (standard effective date of 2021 Sp. Sess. I acts; § 2 obligations for the 2021-22 school year)","end":"2022-08-01 (§ 3 of the act)","startDate":"2021-07-01","endDate":"2022-08-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["every local school board","public schools","Department of Education"],"clause":"§ 2. Each school board shall offer in-person instruction to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary and secondary school... and (ii) provide such in-person instruction in a manner in which it adheres, to the maximum extent practicable, to any currently applicable mitigation strategies for early childhood care and education programs and elementary and secondary schools to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 that have been provided by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... [a student in isolation or quarantine may be taught] in a remote location and in a fully virtual manner for the duration of such period of isolation or quarantine, consistent with the mitigation strategies as set forth in § 2 of this act.... 3. That the provisions of this act shall expire on August 1, 2022.","enforcement":"Statutory duty of school boards; enforceable through the Board of Education and mandamus","functions":["IN in-person instruction","RL remote learning","WF workforce (quarantined students at home)","TR transport","AC activities"],"notes":"Gives CDC school mitigation strategies (including masking and quarantine) the force of State law for the 2021-22 year; the VDH FAQ (VA-044) describes the Aug. 12, 2021 order as reinforcing \u0027current state law, which requires Virginia schools to adhere to mitigation strategies outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0456","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":88275,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VA","url":"/library/VA-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VA-043","citation":"General Assembly of Virginia (2021 Special Session I), approved by Governor Northam, Chapter 456, 2021 Special Session I (SB 1303) (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. VA-043)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-044"]}