- A. No human research involving students shall be conducted or authorized by any school unless in compliance with §§ 32.1-162.16 through 32.1-162.20 of the Code of Virginia and 45 CFR Part 46.
- B. No such research shall be conducted or authorized unless the student and the student's legally authorized representative give their informed consent. Such informed consent shall be by a signed and witnessed informed consent form. Such form shall comply with § 32.1-162.18 of the Code of Virginia.
- C. Any such research shall be approved and conducted under the review of a human research committee, which shall be established by the school conducting or authorizing the research. Any such committee shall comply with the provisions of § 32.1-162.19 of the Code of Virginia. The committee shall submit to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee at least annually a report on the student projects reviewed and approved by the committee, which shall state significant deviations from the proposals as approved.
- D. There shall be excluded from the operation of this chapter those categories of research in § 32.1-162.17 of the Code of Virginia that exempt research or student learning outcomes as conducted in educational settings involving regular or special education instructional strategies; the effectiveness of or the comparison among instructional techniques, curricula, or classroom management methods; or the use of educational tests, whether cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, or achievement, if the data from such tests are recorded in a manner so that subjects cannot be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-321 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 24, eff. August 26, 2015.