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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-291.1 (2026)

Report of conviction of school employees for certain offenses

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A. The clerk of any circuit court or any district court in the Commonwealth shall report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the division safety official designated pursuant to subsection F of § 22.1-279.8 in the local school division in which the person is employed a felony conviction of any person known by such clerk to be employed by such local school division as soon as practicable but no later than seven days after the order convicting the defendant is signed.

B. The report required pursuant to subsection A shall be transmitted to the division safety official (i) via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the mailing address identified by the division superintendent pursuant to subsection F of § 22.1-279.8 or (ii) via email to the email address identified by the division superintendent pursuant to subsection F of § 22.1-279.8. Any certified mail return receipt shall be retained in the case file.

2008, cc. 474, 827; 2023, cc. 282, 283; 2025, c. 234.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: Washington v. Commonwealth, 604 S.E.2d 92 (Va. Ct. App. 2004).
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Washington v. Commonwealth, 604 S.E.2d 92 (Va. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “” At the conclusion of their deliberations, the jury fixed Washington’s punishment at life imprisonment for the malicious wounding offense, the mandatory sentence required by Code § 19.2-291.1, and at five years imprisonment and a five hundred dollar fine for a wounding while…”
Nicholas Lee Thomas v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 850 S.E.2d 400 (Va. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to current Code § 19.2-291.1, the Commonwealth requires that adult defendants be both tried and sentenced - 15 - by a jury.”
Washington v. Com., 604 S.E.2d 92 (Va. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “" At the conclusion of their deliberations, the jury fixed Washington's punishment at life imprisonment for the malicious wounding offense, the mandatory sentence required by Code § 19.2-291.1, and at five years imprisonment and a five hundred dollar fine for a wounding while…”
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