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SENATE BILL NO. 439 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- February 11, 2002 A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-60 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain contractual matters regarding division superintendents. ---------- Patrons prior to Engrossment--Senator Williams; Delegate: Drake ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-60 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 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.

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 sixty-day period from the time of release within which to make another appointment.

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.

B. [ The implementation of any superintendent resignation, retirement, or other financial package and contract negotiation or renegotiation by a school board whose members are elected in whole or in part and of which one or more member's term is to expire within three months of the board's vote on such action shall be contingent upon approval of such package or contract negotiation by the newly constituted school board No board shall re-negotiate a superintendent’s contract during the period following the election or appointment of new members and the date such new members are qualified and assume office ] .