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Statutes > Virginia > Title-22-1 > Chapter-5 > 22-1-29-1§ 22.1-29.1. Public hearing before appointment of school board members.
At least seven days prior to the appointment of any school board memberpursuant to the provisions of this chapter, of §§ 15.2-410, 15.2-531,15.2-627 or § 15.2-837, or of any municipal charter, the appointing authorityshall hold one or more public hearings to receive the views of citizenswithin the school division. The appointing authority shall cause publicnotice to be given at least ten days prior to any hearing by publication in anewspaper having a general circulation within the school division. No nomineeor applicant whose name has not been considered at a public hearing shall beappointed as a school board member.
(1985, c. 423; 1987, c. 430.)
