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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 641 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 2000, chapter 1045<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84179,"section_number":"22.1-57.1","catch_line":"Applicability","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-57.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187553,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82830,"identifier":"24.2-223","token":"24.2\/2\/5\/24.2-223","url":"\/24.2-223\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-223\/","token":"24.2\/2\/5\/24.2-223","dublin_core":{"Title":"Election and term of school board members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-223","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any county, city or town wherein members of the school board<\/span> are elected, pursuant to Article 7 (\u00a7 22.1-57.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 22.1, elections<\/span> shall be held to coincide with the election of members of the governing body at the regular general election<\/span> in November or the regular general election<\/span> in May, as the case may be. Elected school board<\/span> members shall serve terms that are the same as those of the governing body, to commence on January 1 following their election or July 1 following their election, as the case may be.\n\t\tNotwithstanding 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<\/span> of that district or ward and not by the locality at large.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTION AND TERM OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS (\u00a7 24.2-223)\n\nIn any county, city or town wherein members of the school board are elected,\npursuant to Article 7 (\u00a7 22.1-57.1 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 22.1,\nelections shall be held to coincide with the election of members of the\ngoverning body at the regular general election in November or the regular\ngeneral election in May, as the case may be. Elected school board members shall\nserve terms that are the same as those of the governing body, to commence on\nJanuary 1 following their election or July 1 following their election, as the\ncase may be.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, in a locality\nthat imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of\nthe school board, the member elected from each district or ward shall be elected\nby the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at\nlarge.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 641; 2000, c. 1045; 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}}