Special Meetings 1-46

School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Bylaw 1-46

SCHOOL BOARD BYLAWS

Special Meetings

Special meetings may be held whenever:

1. the School Board, during a meeting, may decide
2. at the call of the Chair
3. on the request of the Superintendent or designee with the concurrence of the Chair, or
4. on request of three School Board Members in writing to the Chair and the Clerk of the School Board.

All School Board Members must receive written notice of the time and purpose of the meeting. No business shall be transacted at any special meeting of the School Board which does not come within the purposes set forth in the call for the meeting unless all Members of the School Board are present, and there is a unanimous agreement to consider additional items of business.

Notice of the date, time, and place of special meetings shall be given to the public by the Clerk as required by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Unless exempt, one copy of all materials furnished to the School Board Members for the special meeting shall be made available to the public by the Clerk as required by law.

Legal Reference

Code of Virginia § 22.1-72, as amended. Annual organizational meetings of school boards.

Code of Virginia § 2.2-3707, as amended. Meetings to be public; notice of meetings; recordings; minutes.

Adopted by School Board: July 21, 1992
Amended by School Board: August 17, 1999
Amended by School Board: February 20, 2001
Amended by School Board: May 14, 2002
Amended by School Board: December 2, 2008
Amended by School Board: August 2, 2016
Amended by School Board: December 13, 2022