{"data":{"id":"us-va/6vac20-20-25","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"6VAC20-20-25","heading":"Approval authority","body":"A. The  board shall be the approval authority for the training categories and hours of the compulsory minimum training standards identified in 6VAC20-20-21. Amendments to training categories and hours shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).\n\nB. The Committee on Training (COT)    shall be the approval authority for the performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides that support the performance outcomes.\n\n1. Performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides supporting the compulsory minimum training standards may be added, deleted, or amended by the  COT based  on written recommendation of a chief of police, sheriff, agency administrator, academy director, Curriculum Review Committee (CRC),  interested party, or member of the community.\n\n2. Suggestions received related to performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides shall be reviewed  by the CRC. The CRC shall present recommendations for revisions to the COT.\n\nC.  Before approving changes to the performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, or lesson plan guides, the  COT shall  schedule an opportunity for public comment during a meeting of the COT.  A minimum of 60 days  before the  meeting of the COT, the proposed changes shall be distributed to all  certified criminal justice training academies for the opportunity to comment. Notice of  changes to the performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides shall be filed for publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations.\n\nD. The department shall notify each certified criminal justice training academy in writing of any  COT approved revisions. COT approved revisions require a minimum of 30 days' notice to certified criminal justice training academies prior to becoming effective.","path":["Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections","Agency 20. Department of Criminal Justice Services","Chapter 20. Rules Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Law-Enforcement Officers"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title6/agency20/chapter20/section25/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:41Z","sha256":"b0ae162df4702fa2fa375e0eabcd94bea48ac07a41a770fe13d059f137564542","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/6vac20-20-21","next":"us-va/6vac20-20-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}