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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354271</law_id><section_number>22.1-16.8</section_number><catch_line>Instructional material; sexually explicit content; parental notification</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="60" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Board of Education</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">sexually explicit content</span>&#x201D; has the same meaning as provided in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Restrictions on state employee access to information infrastructure" href="/2.2-2827/">2.2-2827</a>. <a id="paragraph-1318879" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-16.8/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall develop and make available to each <span class="dictionary">school board</span> model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional <span class="dictionary">material</span> that includes <span class="dictionary">sexually explicit content</span> and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to: <a id="paragraph-1318880" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-16.8/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Ensuring parental notification; <a id="paragraph-1318881" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-16.8/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Directly identifying the specific instructional <span class="dictionary">material</span> and sexually explicit subjects; and <a id="paragraph-1318882" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-16.8/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Permitting the <span class="dictionary">parent</span> of any student to review instructional <span class="dictionary">material</span> that includes <span class="dictionary">sexually explicit content</span> and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional <span class="dictionary">material</span> and related academic activities to any student whose <span class="dictionary">parent</span> so requests. <a id="paragraph-1318883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-16.8/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall adopt policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to subsection B. <a id="paragraph-1318884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-16.8/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2022, c. 100.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
