School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Bylaw 1-37

SCHOOL BOARD BYLAWS

Annual Organizational Meeting

The first regular monthly meeting in July shall be the annual organizational meeting of the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach at which time the Superintendent shall act as Chairman pro tem for the sole purpose of electing a Chairman.

The first order of business shall be the election of the Chairman. The new Chairman shall then assume office and preside over the remainder of the meeting. The second order of business shall be the election of the Vice Chairman and the appointment of the clerk of the School Board and a deputy clerk empowered to act in all matters in case of the absence or inability to act of the clerk. The third order of business shall be to approve a designee of the division Superintendent to attend meetings of the School Board in the absence or inability to attend of the Superintendent. The fourth item of business may be the appointment of members to Boards, organizations and commissions. The fifth order of business may be to approve the Standing Rules.

The Standing Rules shall include the order of business, the times and dates for the regular meetings, the procedure for the Superintendent to follow in conducting the election of the Chairman, and such other standing rules as the Board may deem necessary. Absent adoption of Standing Rules at the annual organizational meeting, the existing Standing Rules shall remain in effect until changed. The Standing Rules in effect shall be maintained in writing by the clerk, shall be made an appendix to the School Board Bylaws in the School Board Policy Manual and shall be made available by the Superintendent on the division's website (www.vbcps.k12.va.us).

The Board shall then proceed to the agenda set for the meeting.

Editor's Note
The Standing Rules are located in Appendix B of these Bylaws.

Legal Reference:

Code of Va., § 22.1-72. Annual organizational meetings of school boards.

Code of Va., § 22.1-76. Chairman; clerk; Vice Chairman; deputy clerk; terms; compensation and bonds of clerk and deputy clerk; officers ineligible to serve as clerk and deputy clerk; approval of division superintendent's designee.

Adopted by School Board: July 21, 1992
Amended by School Board: August 17, 1999
Amended by School Board: February 20, 2001