16.1-287 - Transfer of information upon commitment; information to be furnished by and to local school boards. - Virginia Statutes

§ 16.1-287. Transfer of information upon commitment; information to befurnished by and to local school boards.

Whenever the court commits a child to the Department of Juvenile Justice, orto any other institution or agency, it shall transmit with the order ofcommitment copies of the clinical reports, predisposition study and otherinformation it has pertinent to the care and treatment of the child. TheDepartment shall not be responsible for any such committed child until it hasreceived the court order and the information concerning the child. All localschool boards shall be required to furnish the Department promptly with anyinformation from their files that the Department deems to be necessary in theclassification, evaluation, placement or treatment of any child committed tothe Department. The Department of Correctional Education pursuant to §§22.1-289 and 22.1-344, in cooperation with the Department of JuvenileJustice, shall likewise be required to furnish local school boards academic,and career and technical education and related achievement informationpromptly from its files that the local school board may deem necessary whenchildren are returned to the community from the Department's care. TheDepartment and other institutions or agencies shall give to the court suchinformation concerning the child as the court at any time requires. All suchinformation shall be treated as confidential.

(Code 1950, § 16.1-181; 1956, c. 555; 1974, cc. 44, 45, 266; 1977, c. 559;1981, c. 487; 1989, c. 733; 2001, c. 483; 2005, c. 154.)