                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD AND CHAIRMAN IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§ 22.1-57.3:3)

A. The provisions of this section shall be applicable in any county (i) that has
the county executive form of government and that is contiguous to a county
having the urban county executive form of government and (ii) in which the
chairman of the board of supervisors is elected at large.

B. Following a referendum in which the qualified voters of the county approve a
change to an elected school board, the school board shall be elected as provided
in &#xA7; 22.1-57.3 except as otherwise provided in this section. One member of
the school board shall be elected at large. All other members shall be elected
from the same districts from which the members of the board of supervisors other
than the chairman are elected. The member of the school board who is elected at
large at the initial or any subsequent election shall be the chairman of the
school board during his term of office notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;
22.1-76.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 842; 2022, c. 355.