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VA Code § 22.1-57.3:1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.3:1.1. Loudoun County school board; staggered terms

Notwithstanding § 22.1-57.3:1 and the second enactment of Chapter 744 of the Acts of Assembly of 1994, the school board of Loudoun County shall be elected as provided in § 22.1-57.3, except that upon a majority vote of its members the terms of school board members may be staggered as provided in this section. At the November election immediately preceding the end of the board's term, and upon the board's prior vote for staggered terms, the members from four of the nine districts, inclusive of the at-large district, to be determined by lot by the electoral board of the county prior to its meeting immediately preceding the deadline for candidate filing, shall be elected for four-year terms, and the remaining districts' successful candidates shall be elected for two-year terms.Thereafter, all members shall be elected for four-year terms, and the school board elections shall be conducted biennially for staggered terms.2010, c. 95; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 166.
VA Code § 22.1-57.3:1.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.3:1.2. Pittsylvania County school board; staggered terms

The school board of Pittsylvania County shall be elected as provided in § 22.1-57.3, except that upon a majority vote of its members the terms of school board members may be staggered as provided in this section. At the November 2011 general election, the members from four districts, to be determined by lot by the electoral board of the county as soon as practicable before the election, shall be elected for four-year terms and the remaining districts' successful candidates shall be elected for two-year terms.Thereafter, all members shall be elected for four-year terms and the school board elections shall be conducted biennially for staggered terms.2011, c. 776.
VA Code § 22.1-57.3:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.3:2. Terms of school board members appointed to represent towns in Montgomery County

(1994, c. 377.)
VA Code § 22.1-57.3:2.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.3:2.1. Appointment and terms of school board members for City of Williamsburg

(1998, cc. 125, 218.)
VA Code § 22.1-57.3:3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.3:3. Election of school board and chairman in certain counties

A. The provisions of this section shall be applicable in any county (i) which has the county executive form of government and which is contiguous to a county having the urban county executive form of government and (ii) in which the chairman of the board of supervisors is elected at large.B. Following a referendum held in 1994 or thereafter in which the qualified voters of the county approve a change to an elected school board, the school board shall be elected as provided in § 22.1-57.3 except as otherwise provided in this section. One member of the school board shall be elected at large. All other members shall be elected from the same districts from which the members of the board of supervisors other than the chairman are elected. The member of the school board who is elected at large at the initial or any subsequent election shall be the chairman of the school board during his term of office notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1-76.1995, c. 842.
VA Code § 22.1-57.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.4. Referendum to revert to appointment of the school board

A. By the same procedure and under the same requirements as provided in § 22.1-57.2, the registered voters of any county, city, or town which selects members of the school board by direct election of the voters may petition for, and the circuit court shall so order, a referendum on the question of changing from direct election of the school board to appointment of school board members by the governing body or, if the petition so states in the case of a county, by a school board selection commission. The question on the ballot shall be:"Shall the method of selecting the school board be changed from direct election by the voters to appointment by the governing body (or, if the petition in a county so requests, a school board selection commission)?[ ] YES[ ] NO"B. If a majority of the qualified voters voting in such referendum vote in favor of changing the method of selecting school board members to appointment by the governing body or by a school board selection commission, as the case may be, the terms of the school board members in office through direct election shall terminate on June 30 following the referendum. A school board selection commission shall be appointed pursuant to § 22.1-35 if a majority have voted in the referendum for that selection method. The members of the appointed school board shall be appointed for the terms and in the manner provided in the article of this chapter or the chapter of Title 15.2 applicable to the county, city, or town in which the referendum has been held.1992, c. 594.
VA Code § 22.1-57.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 5 - School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members|§ 22.1-57.5. Limitation on time of holding subsequent referendum

Following any referendum provided for in this article and regardless of its results, no other referendum provided for in this article shall be held within the same locality for the four years thereafter.1992, c. 594.
VA Code § 22.1-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-58. Division superintendent required

For each school division there shall be a division superintendent of schools.1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-59. Qualifications of superintendent

The Board of Education shall prescribe by regulation the minimum qualifications for the position of division superintendent of schools and a copy of such regulations shall be furnished to all applicants.Code 1950, § 22-31; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-60. Appointment and term of superintendent; certain contractual matters

A. The division superintendent of schools shall be appointed by the school board of the division from the entire list of eligibles certified by the State Board. All contract terms for superintendents shall expire on June 30. The division superintendent shall serve for an initial term of not less than two years nor more than four years. At the expiration of the initial term, the division superintendent shall be eligible to hold office for the term specified by the employing school board, not to exceed four years.Except as provided in subsection B, the division superintendent shall be appointed by the school board within 180 days after a vacancy occurs. In the event a school board appoints a division superintendent in accordance with the provisions of this section and the appointee seeks and is granted release from such appointment prior to assuming office, the school board shall be granted a 60-day period from the time of release within which to make another appointment.B. A school board that has not appointed a superintendent within 120 days of a vacancy shall submit a written report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction demonstrating its timely efforts to make an appointment. Upon request, a school board shall be granted up to an additional 180 days within which to appoint a division superintendent.C. No school board shall renegotiate a superintendent's contract during the period following the election or appointment of new members and the date such members are qualified and assume office.D. Whenever a superintendent's contract is being renegotiated, all members of the school board shall be notified at least 30 days in advance of any meeting at which a vote is planned on the renegotiated contract unless the members agree unanimously to take the vote without the 30 days' notice. Each member's vote on the renegotiated contract shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.Code 1950, §§ 22-32, 22-33; 1954, c. 638; 1958, c. 44; 1970, c. 155; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 225; 1972, c. 434; 1980, c. 559; 1983, c. 145; 1989, c. 550; 1992, c. 164; 1996, c. 759; 2002, cc. 165, 374; 2003, c. 866; 2018, c. 136.
VA Code § 22.1-60.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-60.1. Evaluation of superintendent

Each local school board shall evaluate the division superintendent annually consistent with the performance objectives set forth in Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers, Administrators, and Superintendents as required by § 22.1-253.13:5.1999, cc. 1030, 1037; 2005, cc. 331, 450.
VA Code § 22.1-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-61. When Board to appoint superintendent

In the event that a school board fails to appoint a division superintendent within the time prescribed by § 22.1-60, the State Board shall appoint such division superintendent.Code 1950, § 22-33; 1954, c. 638; 1972, c. 434; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-62. Appointment of same person by two or more school divisions; approval of part-time superintendent by State Board

A. Any two or more school divisions may appoint the same person to be division superintendent.B. No person may be employed as a part-time division superintendent without the approval of the Board of Education.Code 1950, §§ 22-32, 22-37; 1956, c. 633; 1958, c. 44; 1964, c. 428; 1966, c. 601; 1968, c. 454; 1970, cc. 155, 691; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 225; 1972, c. 581; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-63. Certain officers ineligible for or to hold office of superintendent

A. No member of the governing body of a county, city or town and no member of a school board shall be eligible for the office of division superintendent of schools in the school division in which he serves.B. No federal officer or employee, no state officer, except an officer appointed by the Governor, no state employee, no deputy of such officers, no officer or employee or the deputy of an officer of a city, county or town, no member of the governing body of a county, city or town, no member of a school board and no chairman of any political party shall be eligible to hold the office of division superintendent of schools.Code 1950, § 22-35; 1954, c. 334; 1956, c. 620; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-64. Oath of superintendent

Every division superintendent, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed for an officer of this Commonwealth as provided in Chapter 1 (§ 49-1 et seq.) of Title 49 of this Code, and a certificate of the clerk of the court in which the oath is administered setting forth the qualification and its record shall be furnished the Superintendent of Public Instruction.Code 1950, § 22-39; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-65. Punishment of division superintendents

A division superintendent may be assessed a reasonable fine, suspended from office for a limited period or removed from office by either the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the school board of the division for sufficient cause. A division superintendent may appeal to the appropriate circuit court any decision of the Board of Education or school board to assess a fine against him or to suspend or remove him from office and shall be entitled to a trial de novo on such appeal of whether there was sufficient cause therefor.Code 1950, § 22-40; 1980, c. 559; 1990, c. 517.
VA Code § 22.1-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-66. Vacancy in office

The office of any division superintendent, whether full-time or part-time, shall be deemed vacant upon his engaging in any other business or employment during his term of office as such superintendent unless such superintendent was granted prior approval by the school board or school boards appointing him, or upon his resignation or his removal from office.Code 1950, § 22-38; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 225; 1974, c. 191; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-67. Expenses of superintendents

Each school board shall provide for the necessary traveling and office expenses of the division superintendent. Detailed records of all such expenses shall be kept by the division superintendent.Code 1950, § 22-37; 1956, c. 633; 1964, c. 428; 1966, c. 601; 1968, c. 454; 1970, c. 691; 1972, c. 581; 1980, c. 559; 1985, c. 324; 1988, c. 95.
VA Code § 22.1-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-68. Records

Each division superintendent shall ensure that an accurate record of all receipts and disbursements of school funds and all statistical information which may be required by the State Board is kept.Code 1950, § 22-36.1; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-69. Superintendent to attend meetings

The division superintendent or, in his absence or inability to attend, a person designated by him and approved by the school board shall be present at all meetings of the school board except that on affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the school board, attendance of the division superintendent or his designee may be dispensed with at a special meeting of the school board. If matters pertaining to the division superintendent personally are under discussion at any such meeting, he shall remain subject to the call of the school board.Code 1950, § 22-49; 1973, c. 63; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-70. Powers and duties of superintendent generally

A division superintendent shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, by the school board and by the State Board.Code 1950, § 22-36; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-70.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-70.1. Reports of certain ratios to local school boards

The division superintendent shall report annually to the local school board regarding divisionwide ratios of students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions. The report shall indicate, among other things, the ratio of regular classroom teachers, excluding resource teachers, to students in average daily membership in each of the grades for all public schools in the division. The ratio of regular classroom teachers, including resource teachers, to students in average daily membership in each of the grades for all public schools in the division shall be indicated separately in the same annual report.1998, c. 815.
VA Code § 22.1-70.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-70.2. Acceptable Internet use policies for public and private schools

A. Every two years, each local school board shall review, amend if necessary, and approve the school division's acceptable use policy for the Internet. At a minimum, the policy shall contain provisions that (i) are designed to prohibit use by division employees and students of the division's computer equipment and communications services for sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading illegal material via the Internet; (ii) seek to prevent access by students to material that the school division deems to be harmful to juveniles as defined in § 18.2-390; (iii) select a technology for the division's computers having Internet access to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography as set out in § 18.2-374.1:1 and obscenity as defined in § 18.2-372; (iv) establish appropriate measures to be taken against persons who violate the policy; and (v) include a component on Internet safety for students that is integrated in a division's instructional program. The policy may include such other terms, conditions, and requirements as deemed appropriate, such as requiring written parental authorization for Internet use by juveniles or differentiating acceptable uses among elementary, middle, and high school students.Each school division's policy shall be posted on its website in accordance with § 22.1-253.13:7. Additionally, each local school division shall certify compliance with these requirements annually to the Department of Education.B. The superintendent shall take such steps as he deems appropriate to implement and enforce the division's policy.C. In addition to the foregoing requirements regarding public school Internet use policies, the principal or other chief administrator of any private school that satisfies the compulsory school attendance law pursuant to § 22.1-254 and accepts federal funds for Internet access shall select a technology for its computers having Internet access to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography as set out in § 18.2-374.1:1 and obscenity as defined in § 18.2-372.D. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue guidelines to school divisions regarding instructional programs related to Internet safety.1999, c. 64; 2001, c. 269; 2006, cc. 52, 474; 2010, c. 61.
VA Code § 22.1-70.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 6 - Division Superintendents|§ 22.1-70.3. (Expires July 1, 2025) Designation of teacher shortage areas

Each division superintendent shall at least annually, if so requested by the local school board pursuant to subdivision 9 of § 22.1-79, survey the relevant local school division to identify critical shortages of (i) teachers and administrative personnel by subject matter and (ii) school bus drivers and report such critical shortages to the school board, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to the Virginia Retirement System.2004, c. 563; 2020, cc. 379, 437.
VA Code § 22.1-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 7 - General Powers and Duties of School Boards|§ 22.1-71. School board constitutes body corporate; corporate powers

The duly appointed or elected members shall constitute the school board. Every such school board is declared a body corporate and, in its corporate capacity, is vested with all the powers and charged with all the duties, obligations and responsibilities imposed upon school boards by law and may sue, be sued, contract, be contracted with and, in accordance with the provisions of this title, purchase, take, hold, lease and convey school property, both real and personal. School board members appointed or elected by district or otherwise shall have no organization or duties except such as may be assigned to them by the school board as a whole.Code 1950, §§ 22-63, 22-94; 1980, c. 559; 1998, c. 102.
VA Code § 22.1-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 7 - General Powers and Duties of School Boards|§ 22.1-72. Annual organizational meetings of school boards

Each school board shall hold its annual organizational meeting for the purpose of establishing its regular meeting schedule for the ensuing year as follows: (i) in January or July, if the school board serves a city or town constituting a school division, regardless of whether its members are appointed or elected or any combination thereof; (ii) in July, if the school board serves a county constituting a school division and its members are solely appointed; or (iii) in January or July, if the school board serves a county constituting a school division and its members are elected in whole or in part.A school board may also hold special meetings when necessary. Each school board shall fix its own procedure for calling and holding any special meeting.Code 1950, §§ 22-45, 22-46, 22-97; 1954, c. 291; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559; 1995, c. 74; 2002, cc. 222, 231.
VA Code § 22.1-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 7 - General Powers and Duties of School Boards|§ 22.1-73. Quorum

At any meeting of a school board a majority of such board shall constitute a quorum.Code 1950, § 22-51; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 7 - General Powers and Duties of School Boards|§ 22.1-74. Minutes of meetings

The minutes of all school board meetings shall be signed by the chairman and clerk.Code 1950, § 22-52; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 7 - General Powers and Duties of School Boards|§ 22.1-75. Procedure in case of tie vote

In any case in which there is a tie vote of the school board of any school division when all the members are not present, the question shall be passed by until the next meeting when it shall again be voted upon even though all members are not present. In any case in which there is a tie vote on any question after complying with this procedure or in any case in which there is a tie vote when all the members of the school board are present, the proceedings thereon shall be in conformity with the proceedings prescribed below, except that the tie breaker, if any, appointed pursuant to § 15.2-410, 15.2-531, 15.2-837, 22.1-40, 22.1-44, or 22.1-47, or elected pursuant to § 15.2-627 or 22.1-57.3, whichever is applicable, shall cast the deciding vote.In any case in which there is a tie vote of the school board, the clerk shall record the vote; immediately notify the tie breaker to vote; and request his presence, if practicable, at the present meeting of the board. However, if that is not practicable, the board may adjourn to a day fixed in the minutes of the board or, in case of a failure to agree on a day, to a day the clerk fixes and enters in the minutes. At the present meeting or on the day named in the minutes, the tie breaker shall attend. He shall be entitled to be fully advised on the matter upon which he is to vote. If not prepared to vote at the time, he may require the clerk to enter an order adjourning the meeting to some future day, not to exceed thirty days, to be named in the minutes. He may have continuances, not to exceed thirty days, entered until he is ready to vote. When he votes, the clerk shall record his vote; the tie shall be broken; and the question shall be decided as he votes. If a meeting for any reason is not held on the day named in the minutes, the clerk shall enter on the minute book a day within ten days as a substitute day and notify all the members, and this shall continue until a meeting is held. After a tie has occurred, the tie breaker shall be considered a member of the board for the purpose of counting a quorum for the sole purpose of breaking the tie.Code 1950, § 22-70; 1972, c. 129; 1980, c. 559; 1981, c. 246; 1995, c. 56; 2006, c. 29; 2007, c. 100; 2014, c. 772.