School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Bylaw 1-33

SCHOOL BOARD BYLAWS

Formulation and Approval/Revision/Recision of Regulations

A. Formulation

The School Board of the City of Virginia Beach shall delegate to the Superintendent the function of specifying required actions and designing the detailed arrangements under which the schools of this division shall be operated.

Such rules and detailed arrangements shall constitute the regulations governing the schools. They must be in every respect consistent with the policies adopted by the Board. Staff is responsible to the Superintendent for familiarizing themselves with and following Division Regulations.

In the absence of applicable policy, the Superintendent is authorized to establish needed regulations subject to later confirmation in policy should the Board so wish.

The Board itself shall formulate and approve or revise regulations only when specific state or federal mandates require Board approval and may do so when the Superintendent so recommends in light of strong community attitudes or probable staff reaction.

B. Review

The Board reserves the right to review and veto administrative regulations should they, in the Board's judgment, be inconsistent with the policies adopted by the Board.

C. Distribution

Regulations promulgated by the Superintendent shall be provided to the School Board in a timely manner. When the Superintendent promulgates new regulations or revises current regulations initial copies provided to the Board for information shall show the previous language eliminated by strikeouts and new or revised language by double underlining in order that language eliminated and revised is clear.

Legal Reference:

Code of Va., § 22.1-78. Bylaws and regulations.

Adopted by School Board: July 21, 1992
Amended by School Board: February 20, 2001