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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 88 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1996, chapter 185<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84083,"section_number":"22.1-57.3","catch_line":"Election of school board members; election of tie breaker","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-57.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":183923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82706,"identifier":"22.1-47.3","token":"22.1\/5\/4.1\/22.1-47.3","url":"\/22.1-47.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-47.3\/","token":"22.1\/5\/4.1\/22.1-47.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transition from appointed to elected school board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-47.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the change to an elected school board<\/span> is approved by the voters, the appointed members of the school board<\/span> in office at the time of the referendum<\/span> approving the change shall continue in office for the balance of their appointed terms except that each term shall expire on the December 31 immediately succeeding the June 30 expiration date for the appointed term. In the event of a vacancy in an unexpired term of any appointed school board<\/span> member, a replacement shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled general election to fill the remainder of the term. No special election shall be held, however, if the general election at which it is to be held is scheduled in the year in which the term expires.\n\t\tAt the first and each succeeding November election, one school board<\/span> member shall be elected for each position on the school board<\/span> occupied by an appointed member whose term expires the following December 31 until the school board<\/span> is composed entirely of elected members. Successor school board<\/span> members shall be elected each November for four-year terms commencing on January 1 of the year following the election. The requirement of subsection B of \u00a7 22.1-57.3<\/a> that the same number of members of the governing body<\/span> and school board<\/span> be elected at each November election shall not be applicable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSITION FROM APPOINTED TO ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD (\u00a7 22.1-47.3)\n\nIf the change to an elected school board is approved by the voters, the\nappointed members of the school board in office at the time of the referendum\napproving the change shall continue in office for the balance of their appointed\nterms except that each term shall expire on the December 31 immediately\nsucceeding the June 30 expiration date for the appointed term. In the event of a\nvacancy in an unexpired term of any appointed school board member, a replacement\nshall be elected at the next regularly scheduled general election to fill the\nremainder of the term. No special election shall be held, however, if the\ngeneral election at which it is to be held is scheduled in the year in which the\nterm expires.\n\t\tAt the first and each succeeding November election, one school board member\nshall be elected for each position on the school board occupied by an appointed\nmember whose term expires the following December 31 until the school board is\ncomposed entirely of elected members. Successor school board members shall be\nelected each November for four-year terms commencing on January 1 of the year\nfollowing the election. The requirement of subsection B of \u00a7 22.1-57.3 that the\nsame number of members of the governing body and school board be elected at each\nNovember election shall not be applicable.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 88; 1996, c. 185.","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}}