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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 624 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1980, chapter 559; in 1986, chapter 626; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60619,"section_number":"15.2-533","catch_line":"Elected school boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-533\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151639,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84146,"identifier":"15.2-532","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-532","url":"\/15.2-532\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-532\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-532","dublin_core":{"Title":"Terms of school boards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-532","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The members of the county<\/span> school board shall be appointed or reappointed, as the case may be, for terms of four years each, except that initial appointments hereunder may be for terms of one to four years, respectively, so as to provide staggered terms for such members.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the terms of office of the school board members in a county<\/span> which is contiguous to a county<\/span> having the urban county<\/span> executive form of government shall begin on July 1 of the year in which the board of supervisors<\/span> takes office following the next general election for supervisors. However, all other applicable provisions of Titles 22.1 and 15.2 pertaining to the powers and duties of school boards and their appointments shall continue to apply to the members of such school board.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMS OF SCHOOL BOARDS (\u00a7 15.2-532)\n\nThe members of the county school board shall be appointed or reappointed, as the\ncase may be, for terms of four years each, except that initial appointments\nhereunder may be for terms of one to four years, respectively, so as to provide\nstaggered terms for such members.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the terms of office\nof the school board members in a county which is contiguous to a county having\nthe urban county executive form of government shall begin on July 1 of the year\nin which the board of supervisors takes office following the next general\nelection for supervisors. However, all other applicable provisions of Titles\n22.1 and 15.2 pertaining to the powers and duties of school boards and their\nappointments shall continue to apply to the members of such school board.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 624, \u00a7 15.1-609.1; 1980, c. 559; 1986, c. 626; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}