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1996 SESSION

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HB 289 Vacancies on elected school boards.

Introduced by: David G. Brickley | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Vacancies on elected school boards. Empowers an elected school board to make interim appointments to fill vacancies in its membership and to petition for a special election to fill such vacancies. These are the same procedures now in place for filling vacancies on governing bodies. Additional amendments clarify that the failure of candidates to file for election or to be elected by write-in votes would constitute a vacancy on an elected school board. If a majority of the school board members cannot agree on an interim appointment or do not act, or if a majority of the seats are vacant, the circuit court judges will make the interim appointment. Boards comprised of elected and appointed members shall be treated as elected boards. Under current law, the majority of judges in the particular circuit court will make interim appointments to fill vacancies in constitutional or other elected offices such as the school board (but not for the local governing body). Corresponding amendments to § 15.1-644 make this appointment process applicable for elected school boards in counties having the county manager form of government (Henrico). An exception is included for any county with the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax) which provides that vacancies will be filled, as are vacancies on the governing body, by an immediate special election.


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