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Ex. VA-043 Order Primary source read

Chapter 456, 2021 Special Session I (SB 1303)

An Act to require each school board to offer in-person instruction to students enrolled in the local school division

General Assembly of Virginia (2021 Special Session I), approved by Governor Northam · Virginia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Level
State
Authority
Acts of Assembly, 2021 Sp. Sess. I, ch. 456 (SB 1303)
Issued
2021-03-30 Mar. 30, 2021
Effective
2021-07-01 (standard effective date of 2021 Sp. Sess. I acts; § 2 obligations for the 2021-22 school year) (read as 2021-07-01)
End
2022-08-01 (§ 3 of the act) (read as 2022-08-01)
In force
July 1, 2021 to Aug. 1, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • every local school board
  • public schools
  • Department of Education
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction
  • RL remote learning
  • WF workforce (quarantined students at home)
  • TR transport
  • AC activities
Collection
Virginia VA

Operative words

§ 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

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 'current state law, which requires Virginia schools to adhere to mitigation strategies outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'.

Retrieval note

Effective date of July 1, 2021 is the default for the session and was not stated in the text read; the act's approval date is Mar. 30, 2021.

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