School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Bylaw 1-23

SCHOOL BOARD BYLAWS

Authority of Members

Individual School Board members shall have no authority or duties except such as may be assigned to them by the Board as a whole. The Board shall not be bound in any way by any statement or action by an individual Board member except when such statement or action is pursuant to specific instructions or rules of the Board.

Legal Reference:

Code of Va., § 22.1-71. School board constitutes body corporate; corporate powers.

The duly appointed or elected members shall constitute the school board. Every such school board is declared a body corporate and, in its corporate capacity, is vested with all the powers and charged with all the duties, obligations and responsibilities imposed upon school boards by law and may sue, be sued, contract, be contracted with and, in accordance with the provisions of this title, purchase, take, hold, lease and convey school property, both real and personal. School board members appointed or elected by district or otherwise shall have no organization or duties except such as may be assigned to them by the school board as a whole.

 

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