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HOUSE BILL NO. 2028 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 8, 2007 A BILL to amend and reenact § 14.01, as amended, of Chapter 39 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, which provided a charter for the City of Winchester, relating to school board. ---------- Patron-- Sherwood ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 14.01, as amended, of Chapter 39 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14.01. Appointment and Term of School Board Members.

A. The Common Council of the city shall on July 1, 2004, and continuing thereafter, appoint all school trustees for a term of four yearsSchool Board of the City of Winchester shall consist of nine members, who shall be appointed by the Common Council.  One member shall be appointed for each of the four districts (wards) in the City, and five members shall be appointed at-large; however, no more than three members shall be residents of the same district.

B. At the vacancy of the terms of school board members in office on July 1, 2007, any new term shall be filled consistent with the provisions of this section.

C. In the event any vacancy occurs in the school trustees on the School Board, the Council shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

D. The school trustees School Board shall be a continuing body and no measure pending before such body the School Board shall abate or be discontinued by reason of the change in terms of the school trustees School Board members or change in membership of the School Board as provided herein.