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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 783<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 445<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1410665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354901,"identifier":"22.1-372","token":"22.1\/27\/4\/22.1-372","url":"\/22.1-372\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-372\/","token":"22.1\/27\/4\/22.1-372","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unofficial educational records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-372","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event that official educational records<\/span> cannot be released to the parents<\/span> for the purpose of transfer from a local education agency<\/span> in a sending state<\/span> or a foreign education agency<\/span> in a sending country<\/span> to a school division, the custodian of the records in the sending state<\/span> or the sending country<\/span> may prepare and furnish to the parent<\/span> a complete set of unofficial educational records<\/span>. Upon receipt of the unofficial educational records<\/span> by a school in a school division, such school shall enroll and appropriately place the student<\/span> based on the information provided in the unofficial records pending validation by the official records, as quickly as possible.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNOFFICIAL EDUCATIONAL RECORDS (\u00a7 22.1-372)\n\nIn the event that official educational records cannot be released to the parents\nfor the purpose of transfer from a local education agency in a sending state or\na foreign education agency in a sending country to a school division, the\ncustodian of the records in the sending state or the sending country may prepare\nand furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational records. Upon\nreceipt of the unofficial educational records by a school in a school division,\nsuch school shall enroll and appropriately place the student based on the\ninformation provided in the unofficial records pending validation by the\nofficial records, as quickly as possible.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 783; 2025, c. 445.","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"}}