SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER E59 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-207.7, relating to school attendance;

R O [S 596] Approved LApril 1, 2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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E § 22.1-207.7.

No student who misses a partial or full day of school while participating in a 4-H educational program or activity shall be counted as absent for the purposes of calculating average daily membership and each such student shall receive course credit in the same manner as he would for a school field trip, provided that:

1.missed work;ocal school board shall develop policies and procedures for such students to make up 2.

Each local school board shallmay developdetermine policiesthe andmaximum proceduresnumber forof suchschool studentsdays per academic year that a student may spend participating in 4-H educational programs or activities to makenot upbe missedcounted work;absent;

thatand a3. student may spend participating in 4-H educational programs or activities to not be counSed absent;

andNo Bschool 3.shall provide course credit to a student pursuant this section if the student's participation in a 4-H educational program or activity occurs during scheduled Standards of Learning assessments or during any period of time that the student is suspended or expelled from school.

NoB. school shall provide course credit to a student pursuant this section if the student's6 participation in a 4-H educational program or activity occurs during scheduled Standards of LeaRning assB.