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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 220 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1995, chapter 316<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 146<\/a> and 269<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":183857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79252,"identifier":"22.1-36.1","token":"22.1\/5\/2\/22.1-36.1","url":"\/22.1-36.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-36.1\/","token":"22.1\/5\/2\/22.1-36.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Composition of school board in certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-36.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, when a county contains a town that is a separate school division, the school board<\/span> for such county, regardless of whether it is elected or appointed, shall have no member representing such town. Instead, the county school board<\/span> shall be comprised of one member elected or appointed from all of the election districts other than districts which have more than five percent of town residents, and an additional member elected or appointed at large from the entire county, excluding the town.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPOSITION OF SCHOOL BOARD IN CERTAIN CASES (\u00a7 22.1-36.1)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, when a county contains a town that\nis a separate school division, the school board for such county, regardless of\nwhether it is elected or appointed, shall have no member representing such town.\nInstead, the county school board shall be comprised of one member elected or\nappointed from all of the election districts other than districts which have\nmore than five percent of town residents, and an additional member elected or\nappointed at large from the entire county, excluding the town.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 220; 1995, c. 316; 2002, cc. 146, 269.","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}}