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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354819</law_id><section_number>22.1-317</section_number><catch_line>Superintendent of Public Instruction to be &amp;#8220;designated state official.&amp;#8221;</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="18" identifier="15">Teachers, Officers and Employees</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="5">Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The &#x201C;designated state official&#x201D; for this Commonwealth for the purposes of the Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel shall be the <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span> of Public Instruction. The <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span> of Public Instruction shall enter into <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> pursuant to Article III of the Agreement only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Education.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 22-349; 1970, c. 193; 1980, c. 559.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
