School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Bylaw 1-10

SCHOOL BOARD BYLAWS

Ineligibility for Office

Persons ineligible to serve as a member of the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach are enumerated in the legal reference to this bylaw.

Legal Reference:

Code of Va., § 22.1.30. Certain officers may not act on school board or serve as tie breaker. C A. No state, county, city or town officer, no deputy of any such officer, no member of the governing body of a county, city or town, no employee of a school board, and, no father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law of a member of the county governing body may, during his term of office, be appointed as a member of the school board for such county, city or town or as tie breaker for such school board except: 1) local superintendents of public welfare, 2) commissioners in chancery, 3) commissioners of accounts, 4) registrars of vital records and health statistics, 5) notaries public, 6) clerks and employees of the federal government in the District of Columbia, 7) medical examiners, 8) officers and employees of the District of Columbia, 9) in Northumberland County, oyster inspectors, 10) in Lunenberg County, members of the county library board and members of the board of public welfare, 11) auxiliary deputy sheriffs and auxiliary police officers receiving less than five dollars in annual compensation, 12) members of the town councils serving towns within Craig, Giles and Wise Counties and 13) public defenders.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the election of deputies of constitutional officers to school board membership, consistent with federal law and regulation.

Code of Va., § 22.1-57.3. Election of School Board Members.CG. No employee of a school board shall be eligible to serve on the board with whom he is employed.

 

Adopted by School Board:  July 21, 1992
Amended by School Board:  August 17, 1999