Formulation and Approval/Revision/Recission of Regulations 1-33

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

SCHOOL BOARD BYLAWS

Formulation and Approval/Revision/Recission of Regulations

1. Formulation
   1. The School Board shall delegate to the Superintendent the function of specifying required actions and designing the detailed arrangements under which the schools of this School Division shall be operated.
   2. 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 School Board. Staff is responsible to the Superintendent for familiarizing themselves with and following School Division regulations.
   3. In the absence of applicable policy, the Superintendent is authorized to establish needed regulations subject to later confirmation in policy should the School Board so wish.
2. Review

   The School Board reserves the right to review, approve, amend or veto regulations should they, in the School Board's judgment, be inconsistent or absent from policies adopted by the School Board.

3. 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 School 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 Virginia § 22.1-78, as amended. Bylaws and regulations.

Adopted by School Board: July 21, 1992
Amended by School Board: February 20, 2001
Amended by School Board: December 2, 2008
Amended by School Board: August 2, 2016
Amended by School Board: December 13, 2022
Amended by School Board: November 26, 2024