Virginia Board of Education to Let Local Boards Regulate Guidance Counseling.(Originated from Daily Press, Newport News, Va.)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: January 19, 1996| Author: Goldstein, Jonathan | Copyright information

RICHMOND, Va.--Jan. 19--After years of debate at the state level on how to regulate guidance counseling, the Virginia Board of Education has handed off the issue to local school divisions.

In a 5-4 vote Thursday, the board decided that the state's 136 school boards will have until July 1 to adopt regulations that outline how much control parents should have over counseling their children receive.

Board President James Jones said localities are in a far better posit...

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