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2002 SESSION

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SB 160 Composition of certain county school boards.

Introduced by: John H. Chichester | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

School board composition. Provides that when a county contains a town that is a separate school division, the county school board will have no member representing the town. Instead, the county school board will be comprised of one member elected or appointed from all of the election districts except those districts having more than five percent of town residents and an additional member elected or appointed at large from the entire county, excluding the town. This bill applies solely to Westmoreland County and the Town of Colonial Beach, and King William County and the Town of West Point. This bill is identical to HB 1338.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Composition of certain county school boards. Sets out the membership composition of a county school board in counties that contain a town that is a separate school division. The school board for such county, regardless of whether it is elected or appointed, will not include any member representing the town and will be comprised of one member elected or appointed from each of the election districts within the county, excluding the election district in which the town is located, and an additional member elected or appointed at large from the entire county, excluding the town.