8VAC20-671-80. Penalty for noncompliance in obtaining a license to operate

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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 Education › Agency 20 State Board of Education › Chapter 671 › 8VAC20-671-80

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Operating a school for students with disabilities without a license shall result in the following penalties allowed in § 22.1-331 of the Code of Virginia:

1. Any person who opens, operates, or conducts a school without first obtaining a license to operate shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

2. Each day such person who permits the school to be open and operate without a license shall incur a separate offense.

3. The department shall refer any person who opens, operates, or conducts a school for students with disabilities without a license to the appropriate Commonwealth's attorney.

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