22.1-209 - Employment counseling and placement services. - Virginia Statutes

§ 22.1-209. Employment counseling and placement services.

A. Each school board shall make available to secondary students employmentcounseling and placement services to furnish information relating to theemployment opportunities available to students graduating from or leaving thepublic schools in the school division. Such information shall include alltypes of employment opportunities, including, but not limited to,apprenticeships, the military, career education schools, and the teachingprofession.

B. No fee, compensation or other consideration shall be charged to orreceived from any student utilizing such services.

C. In providing such services, the school board shall consult and cooperatewith the Virginia Employment Commission, the Department of Labor andIndustry, local business and labor organizations, and such career schools asmay be approved by the Board.

D. The Board of Education may recommend methods for providing such services.The State Department of Education may provide assistance to school divisionsin establishing and providing such services upon request.

(Code 1950, § 22-40.1; 1975, c. 147; 1980, c. 559; 1990, c. 797; 1991, c.295; 1999, c. 452.)