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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 431<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":184205,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84284,"identifier":"22.1-86.1","token":"22.1\/7\/22.1-86.1","url":"\/22.1-86.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-86.1\/","token":"22.1\/7\/22.1-86.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment of student representatives to local school boards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-86.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The local school board<\/span> may adopt procedures for the appointment of student representatives from among the students enrolled in the public schools in the division. The student representative shall serve in a nonvoting, advisory capacity and shall be appointed under such circumstances and serve for such terms as the board prescribes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall prohibit any school board<\/span> from excluding the nonvoting student representative from executive sessions or closed meetings pursuant to § 2.2-3711<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Student representatives shall not be construed to be members of local school boards<\/span> for any purpose, including, but not limited to, establishing a quorum or making any official decision. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS (\u00a7 22.1-86.1)\n\nA. The local school board may adopt procedures for the appointment of student\nrepresentatives from among the students enrolled in the public schools in the\ndivision. The student representative shall serve in a nonvoting, advisory\ncapacity and shall be appointed under such circumstances and serve for such\nterms as the board prescribes.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any school board from excluding the\nnonvoting student representative from executive sessions or closed meetings\npursuant to § 2.2-3711.\n\nC. Student representatives shall not be construed to be members of local school\nboards for any purpose, including, but not limited to, establishing a quorum or\nmaking any official decision.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 431.","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}}