Virginia Code Title 22.1. Education § 22.1-372. Unofficial educational records

In the event that official educational records cannot be released to the parents for the purpose of transfer from a local education agency in a sending state or a foreign education agency in a sending country to a school division, the custodian of the records in the sending state or the sending country may prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational records.  Upon receipt of the unofficial educational records by a school in a school division, such school shall enroll and appropriately place the student based on the information provided in the unofficial records pending validation by the official records, as quickly as possible.