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Class Action: Virginia
Students and the Law

Attorney General McDonnell unveils the new Class Action workbook to 550 police officers and teachers at the annual School Safety Conference

Class Action is a law-related educational program facilitated exclusively by law enforcement professionals for our school children. Class Action provides a basic understanding of state law that governs socially acceptable behavior in the home, in school, and in the community for middle and high school students and their parents. By educating our students about citizenship and the short and long term consequences of unlawful behaviors, we reduce crime, violence and substance abuse in Virginia.

Class Action provides character education and teaches children their rights and responsibilities as citizens of the Commonwealth. Children are encouraged to care about the quality of life in their schools, their homes, and their communities.

At Palmer Elementary in Newport News, Principal Izzy Brown (left) leads a fifth grade class – and Attorney General McDonnell -- in singing Happy Birthday to “Class Action” on the 10th anniversary of the a statewide law education program, Dec. 7, 2006.