Sunday, October 12, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HJ36: Constitutional amendment; appointment of members to Board of Education (first reference).
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 4 of Article VIII of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 4. Board of Education.
The general supervision of the public school system shall be
vested in a Board of Education of nine members, to be. Four members,
including one member designated to serve as president of the Board, shall
be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the
General Assembly. Three members shall be appointed by the House of
Delegates in accordance with the rules of the House, and two members shall be appointed by the Senate in accordance with the rules of the
Senate. Each
appointment shall be for four years a
four-year term beginning February 1,
except that those to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. Terms
shall be staggered, so that no more than three regular appointments shall be
made in the same year. No person shall be appointed to serve
more than two consecutive full terms. The Governor
shall appoint the president and one additional member in January 2011. The Governor shall appoint one additional member
in January of each of the two years
following 2011. The House of Delegates
shall appoint one member in January of each
of the three years 2012, 2013, and
2014. The Senate shall appoint one member in January
of 2013 and one
member in January of 2014. Each member
in office on the effective date of this provision shall serve until his successor has been appointed.
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