CHAPTER 26.
School Board.[32]
| § 1. |
Composition; election and terms of members. |
| § 2. |
Powers and duties. |
| § 3. |
Classified report and estimate. |
Sec. 1. Composition; election and terms of members.
The school board of the city shall be composed of twelve members,
three from each of the four wards of the city, whose terms
of office shall be for three years; one member to be elected from
each ward not later than the second regular meeting of the council
in June of each year, and their terms of office shall begin immediately
upon qualification and continue until their successors
shall have been elected and qualified. If, for any reason, the
council should not elect at or before the second regular meeting
in June, as above provided, said election, when held, shall be for
the unexpired term. (Code 1932, § 459.)
For provisions of state law, see § 780 of Michie's Virginia Code of
1942.
Sec. 2. Powers and duties.
The school board shall have the care, management and control
of public school property of the city, as provided by the laws
of the state. (Id., § 460.)
As to powers and duties generally, see § 786 of Michie's Virginia
Code of 1942.
Sec. 3. Classified report and estimate.
It shall be the duty of the school board annually, on or before
the thirty-first day of March of each year, and oftener if deemed
necessary by the council, to submit to the council, in writing, a
classified report, as prescribed by the council, of all expenditures
and a classified estimate of what funds will be needed for the
proper maintenance and growth of the public schools of the city,
and to request the council to make provisions by appropriation
or levy for the same. (Id., § 461.)
For similar state law, see § 786, paragraph (b) (14), of Michie's
Virginia Code of 1942.
