Chap. 203.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 693 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to admission of non-resident pupils. {H 330]

Approved March 12, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section six hundred ninety-three of the Code of
Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 693. Admission of nonresident pupils—The school
board of any county or of any city may, in its discretion, admit
into its schools persons of school age who are not residents of the
State of Virginia, but who may be living temporarily with relatives
or others within such county or city and wish to attend public
schools therein, in which case tuition shall be charged for such
attendance, such tuition charges to be determined on the basis of
the actual average annual cost per pupil for high school or ele-
mentary school operations, as the case may be, within such county
or city, and may be collected in the discretion of the school board in
monthly, quarterly. or semi-annual installments; provided, that the
school board for unusual cases, when the circumstances so warrant,
may, in its discretion, admit into its schools, free of tuition, certain
nonresident persons of school age; provided, further, that the
school board of any county or of any city bordering on another
state or the District of Columbia which grants the same privileges
to the Commonwealth of Virginia may, in its discretion, admit into
its schools, free of tuition, persons of school age residing beyond
the limits of this State, but near thereto. Any person having con-
trol or charge of any nonresident child or children within the limits
of the compulsory attendance law for a period of sixty days or more
must keep such child or children in regular attendance in school
as provided in section six hundred and eighty-three of the Code
of Virginia and must pay or cause to be paid the tuition required
herein for such child or children or return such child or children to
the home of the parents or legal guardians in another state or the
District of Columbia; provided that any such person having control
or charge of a nonresident child or children and permitting such
nonresident child or children to remain in his home and not attend
school regularly shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and the
provisions of section six hundred and eighty-six of the Code of
Virginia shall be applicable.