{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-22.1-212.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 22.1-212.1","heading":"Obligations of school boards","body":"Pursuant to § 1-511, school boards shall have no obligation to teach the standard curriculum, except courses in foreign languages, in a language other than English. School boards shall endeavor to provide instruction in the English language which shall be designed to promote the education of students for whom English is a second language.1981, c. 185; 1986, c. 466; 1996, c. 829; 2005, c. 839.","path":["Title 22.1. EDUCATION","Chapter 13. PROGRAMS, COURSES OF INSTRUCTION AND TEXTBOOKS","Article 1. PROGRAMS AND COURSES OF INSTRUCTION GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/22.1-212.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:54Z","sha256":"fb4172d4636ec8a2471e2c5e011685848e64091bf810ce208a2f07d05bfbb4ed","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-22.1-212","next":"us-va/va.-code-22.1-212.1-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}