For Students
What you don't know can hurt you. Spend some time finding out what your rights and responsibilities are under Virginia law.
Welcome to the Students' Portal
Take advantage of the information on this site, and you have a clear advantage in life. Why? Because not knowing about the laws that affect you is like trying to play a sport without knowing the rules – you can't possibly win. Virginia's laws govern everyone, but it's good to know which laws have a particular importance for teens.
Explore the Virginia Rules Web Site
- Test your knowledge of the law -- Take the online quiz and see how you do.
- Explore Virginia Rules -- Dig into subject areas that range from teen driving to victim's rights. What you find out may surprise you.
- Search the Code -- If you want more details, go straight to the source for an interactive search of the Code of Virginia.
Introducing the Virginia Rules Web Site
Our goal is to:
- Deliver accurate, current law education curriculum for instructors of teens with the goal of reducing criminal and behavioral problems in schools and communities.
- Provide a central resource for all agencies of the Commonwealth for teen and family law related education.
- Be a resource for teens and their parents for applicable law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Encourage instructors to prioritize their instruction by viewing data available which will show statistics by school and student of behavioral and criminal problems.
- Provide downloadable work book information and lesson plans by subject to address individual instructor, school, school district and community priorities for targeted behaviors and crimes.
- Provide a means of reviewing instruction which overtime may have changed statistics reported by student, school district, and community.
- Provide a resource which will encourage a community of adults and teens committed to positive character building across the Commonwealth.
