22.1-261 - Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer.
§ 22.1-261. Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; dutiesof attendance officer.
The attendance officer or the division superintendent or his designee shallcheck the reports submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 22.1-260 withreports from the State Registrar of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Fromthese reports and from any other reliable source the attendance officer orthe division superintendent or his designee shall, within five days afterreceiving all reports submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 22.1-260, makea list of the names of children who are not enrolled in any school and whoare not exempt from school attendance. It shall be the duty of the attendanceofficer, on behalf of the local school board, to investigate all cases ofnonenrollment and, when no valid reason is found therefor, to notify theparent, guardian or other person having control of the child to require theattendance of such child at the school within three days from the date ofsuch notice.
(Code 1950, § 22-275.10; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1980, c. 559; 1996, cc. 891,964; 1999, c. 526; 2010, cc. 386, 597, 629.)