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GRIGG v. COM.

Record No. 810519.

297 S.E.2d 799 (1982)

Robert GRIGG, et al. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Giordano, Virginia Beach (Thomas B. Shuttleworth, Clark & Stant, P.C., Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellants.

Robert E. Kowalsky, Jr., Commonwealth's Atty., Chesapeake, for appellee.

James W. O'Toole, King George, on brief, amicus curiae, for appellants.

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Richmond, on amicus curiae brief of Youth Advocacy Clinic, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, for appellee.

Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., Maston T. Jacks, Deputy Atty. Gen., Paul J. Forch, Joan W. Murphy, Asst. Attys. Gen., on amicus curiae brief of the State Bd. of Educ., for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

At the time this case arose, Code § 22-275.1 (now § 22.1-254), part of the compulsory school attendance law, provided in part that parents shall send their school-age children to "a public school, or to a private, denominational or parochial school, or have such ... children taught [in a home] by a tutor or teacher of qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education and approved by the division superintendent...." The principal...

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