                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF SUPERINTENDENT; CERTAIN CONTRACTUAL MATTERS (§ 22.1-60)

A. The division superintendent of schools shall be appointed by the school board
of the division from the entire list of eligibles certified by the State Board.
All contract terms for superintendents shall expire on June 30. The division
superintendent shall serve for an initial term of not less than two years nor
more than four years. At the expiration of the initial term, the division
superintendent shall be eligible to hold office for the term specified by the
employing school board, not to exceed four years.
			Except as provided in subsection B, the division superintendent shall be
appointed by the school board within 180 days after a vacancy occurs. In the
event a school board appoints a division superintendent in accordance with the
provisions of this section and the appointee seeks and is granted release from
such appointment prior to assuming office, the school board shall be granted a
60-day period from the time of release within which to make another appointment.

B. A school board that has not appointed a superintendent within 120 days of a
vacancy shall submit a written report to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction demonstrating its timely efforts to make an appointment. Upon
request, a school board shall be granted up to an additional 180 days within
which to appoint a division superintendent.

C. No school board shall renegotiate a superintendent&#8217;s contract during
the period following the election or appointment of new members and the date
such members are qualified and assume office.

D. Whenever a superintendent&#8217;s contract is being renegotiated, all members
of the school board shall be notified at least 30 days in advance of any meeting
at which a vote is planned on the renegotiated contract unless the members agree
unanimously to take the vote without the 30 days&#8217; notice. Each
member&#8217;s vote on the renegotiated contract shall be recorded in the
minutes of the meeting.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 22-32, 22-33; 1954, c. 638; 1958, c. 44; 1970, c. 155;
1971, Ex. Sess., c. 225; 1972, c. 434; 1980, c. 559; 1983, c. 145; 1989, c. 550;
1992, c. 164; 1996, c. 759; 2002, cc. 165, 374; 2003, c. 866; 2018, c. 136.