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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363311</law_id><section_number>40.1-115</section_number><catch_line>School attendance</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="89" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="8" identifier="5">Child Labor</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as qualifying in any way the provisions of the compulsory education <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth, nor as authorizing the employment of any child who is absent unlawfully from school.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 40-121; 1970, c. 321.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
