Virginia Supreme Court: School boards rule on sex offender topic
Published: September 19, 2009
The Virginia Supreme Court says judges cannot require a school board to allow a violent sex offender to enter school property.
The justices unanimously ruled yesterday that the Virginia Constitution gives school boards control over school buildings and grounds. The court said a Charlottesville judge who lifted the ban for one sex offender overstepped his authority when he spelled out the type of school events the man would be allowed to attend.
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I wonder if this rule applies to students who are sex offenders. A few years ago a student at a RPS school was charged with sexually assaulting another student…turns out he was a sex offender, but because he was underage, teachers were not provided with that information nor were parents of students in the school.
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