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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61266</law_id><section_number>22.1-27</section_number><catch_line>Contracts to furnish facilities and services</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-57.1:1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">School Divisions, Joint Schools and Contracts Between School Divisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">school board</span> may enter into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> of an adjacent school division for furnishing public school facilities and for school services. <a id="paragraph-223882" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-27/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for services may stipulate that the school division which is receiving services may have a representative on the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> of the school division which is providing services with the approval of the governing bodies of each political subdivision involved. For the term of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, any such representative shall have all the rights, duties and responsibilities of the members of the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> of the division providing services, including compensation as set forth by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, but he shall not participate in or vote on any matter involving the continuation of such school services or the interpretation or construction of the provisions of or amendment to or continuation of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-223883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-27/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any such representative shall be appointed in the same manner as the members of the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> of the school division which is receiving services and may be a member of such <span class="dictionary">school board</span>. The representative shall serve a term of four years beginning the first day of July following his appointment. However, if the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> goes into effect on a date other than July 1, the term of the initial representative shall commence on the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and shall expire on the fourth June 30 following his appointment. <a id="paragraph-223884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-27/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 559; 1989, c. 197.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
