Virginia § 22.1-26.2 - Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and required
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 22.1-26.2 — Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and required, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22.1-26.2. Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and required
A. No academic year Governor's School or governing board member, director, administrator, or employee thereof shall discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the process of admitting students to such school.
B. Each local school board that jointly manages and controls a regional academic year Governor's school pursuant to § 22.1-26 shall collaborate to ensure that each public middle school that is eligible to send students to attend such Governor's school offers coursework, curriculum, and instruction that is comparable in content and in rigor in order to provide each student in each such middle school with the opportunity to gain admission to and excel academically at such Governor's school.
2022, c. 485.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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