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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 760<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1408809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354452,"identifier":"22.1-212.28","token":"22.1\/13\/1.5\/22.1-212.28","url":"\/22.1-212.28\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-212.28\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.5\/22.1-212.28","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-212.28","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“School Division of Innovation<\/span>” or “SDI<\/span>” means a school division in which the local school board<\/span> has developed and for which the Board has approved pursuant to regulations as set forth in this article a plan of innovation to improve student learning; educational performance; and college, career, and citizenship readiness skills in each school in the local school division.<\/p>

“Innovation” means a new or creative alternative to existing instructional or administrative practices or school structures that evidence<\/span>-based practice suggests will be effective in improving student learning and educational performance.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 22.1-212.28)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“School Division of Innovation” or “SDI” means a school\ndivision in which the local school board has developed and for which the Board\nhas approved pursuant to regulations as set forth in this article a plan of\ninnovation to improve student learning; educational performance; and college,\ncareer, and citizenship readiness skills in each school in the local school\ndivision.\n\n“Innovation” means a new or creative alternative to existing\ninstructional or administrative practices or school structures that\nevidence-based practice suggests will be effective in improving student learning\nand educational performance.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 760.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}