Students shall be allowed to continue their enrollment at the grade level in a school division commensurate with their grade level, including kindergarten, in the local education agency in the sending state at the time of transition, regardless of minimum age. A student who has satisfactorily completed the prerequisite grade level in the local education agency in the sending state shall be eligible for enrollment in the next highest grade level in a school division, regardless of minimum age. A student transferring after the start of the school year into a school division shall enter the school on his validated grade level from the local education agency in the sending state.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-374

  • Local education agency: means a public authority legally constituted by a state as an administrative agency to provide control of and direction for kindergarten through grade 12 public schools. See Virginia Code 22.1-370
  • Sending state: means the state from which a child of a federal employee serving under orders pursuant to Title 22 or 50 of the United States Code is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought. See Virginia Code 22.1-370
  • State: means one of 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See Virginia Code 22.1-370
  • Student: means the child of a federal employee serving under orders pursuant to Title 22 or 50 of the United States Code and who is formally enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. See Virginia Code 22.1-370
  • Transition: means (i) the formal and physical process of transferring from school to school or (ii) the period of time in which a student moves from one school in the sending state to another school in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 22.1-370

2023, c. 783.