                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NORTHERN NECK-MIDDLE PENINSULA PUBLIC EDUCATION CONSORTIUM CREATED; REGION
DEFINED; GOVERNING BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES (§
22.1-354.6)

A. The Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium is hereby
established as an independent local entity without political subdivision status
and shall be referred to in this chapter as the Consortium. For the purposes of
this chapter and the work of the Consortium, &#8220;Northern Neck-Middle
Peninsula&#8221; includes the Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen,
King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland,
Richmond, and Westmoreland. The governing board of the Consortium shall consist
of the school superintendents of the named localities, the President of
Rappahannock Community College or his designee, the Director of the Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, and seven nonlegislative citizen members
representing business, industry, and community interests in the region, four of
whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and three of
whom shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The region&#8217;s
legislators, representing the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Twenty-eighth Senatorial
Districts and the Ninety-seventh, Ninety-eighth, and Ninety-ninth House
Districts, shall serve as nonvoting advisory members of the board. Legislative
members and members who serve by virtue of their office shall serve terms
coincident with their terms of office. The nonlegislative citizen members shall
serve terms of two years and may be reappointed for successive terms. The board
may appoint additional nonvoting advisory members to assist in the performance
of its duties. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be
filled for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as
the original appointments.

B. No board members shall receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties. The board shall elect a chairman
and a vice-chairman from among its members and may provide such rules as it
considers appropriate concerning its membership, quorum, and establishment of
committees.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 676; 2004, c. 1000; 2016, c. 147.