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TRANSFERS
BY STUDENT VICTIMS OF CRIME |
Date Reviewed / Approved: |
Policy Number: 2025.00 |
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Rescinds Policy Number: |
Issued: 06/02/2011 |
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Whenever any
student has been the victim of any crime against the person pursuant to Chapter
4 (§ 18.2-30 et. seq.) of Title 18.2, of the Code of Virginia, including crimes
by mobs, crimes by gangs, terrorism offenses, kidnapping and related offenses,
assaults and bodily woundings, robbery, extortion or other threats, or sexual
assault, and such crime was committed:
• by
another student attending classes in the school, or
• by
any employee of the School Board, or
• by
any volunteer, contract worker or other person who regularly performs services
in the school, or
• if
the crime was committed upon the school property or on any school bus owned or
operated by the school division,
the student
upon whom the crime was committed shall,
upon written request from the student’s parents, or the student, if such
student is an emancipated minor, be permitted to transfer to another comparable
school within the Division if available.
For purposes
of this policy, “victim” means any student who has been the victim of a crime
against the person pursuant to Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et. seq.) of Title 18.2, of
the Code of Virginia, and who has suffered physical, psychological, or economic
harm as a direct result of the commission of such crime.
Legal Refs.: 20 U.S.C. § 7912.
Code of
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