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I, c. 225.","full_text":"Each person appointed or elected to a school board shall, at the time of his appointment or election, be a qualified voter and a bona fide resident of the district from which he is selected if appointment or election is by district or of the school division if appointment or election is at large; and if he shall cease to be a resident of such district or school division, his position on the school board shall be deemed vacant. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, in a locality that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the school board, the member elected from each district or ward shall be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":305647,"text":"Each person appointed or elected to a school board shall, at the time of his appointment or election, be a qualified voter and a bona fide resident of the district from which he is selected if appointment or election is by district or of the school division if appointment or election is at large; and if he shall cease to be a resident of such district or school division, his position on the school board shall be deemed vacant. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1997, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71166,"section_number":"15.2-3823","catch_line":"Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3823\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":183819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85300,"identifier":"22.1-29","token":"22.1\/5\/1\/22.1-29","url":"\/22.1-29\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-29\/","token":"22.1\/5\/1\/22.1-29","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications of members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each person appointed or elected to a school board<\/span> shall, at the time of his appointment or election, be a qualified voter and a bona fide resident of the district from which he is selected if appointment or election is by district or of the school division if appointment or election is at large; and if he shall cease to be a resident of such district or school division, his position on the school board<\/span> shall be deemed vacant. Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, general or special, in a locality that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the school board<\/span>, the member elected from each district or ward shall be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS (\u00a7 22.1-29)\n\nEach person appointed or elected to a school board shall, at the time of his\nappointment or election, be a qualified voter and a bona fide resident of the\ndistrict from which he is selected if appointment or election is by district or\nof the school division if appointment or election is at large; and if he shall\ncease to be a resident of such district or school division, his position on the\nschool board shall be deemed vacant. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\ngeneral or special, in a locality that imposes district-based or ward-based\nresidency requirements for members of the school board, the member elected from\neach district or ward shall be elected by the qualified voters of that district\nor ward and not by the locality at large.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 22-68, 22-90; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 78; 1969, Ex. Sess.,\nc. 25; 1980, c. 559; 1997, c. 727; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 225.","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}}