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§ 22.1-2 System of free public elementary and secondary schools to be maintained; administration

There shall be a system of free public elementary and secondary schools established and maintained as provided in this title and administered by the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, division superintendents and school boards.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as §§ 22-1.1 and 22-2. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1971, chapter 100 of the Extra Session; in 1976, chapters 681 and 713; in 1978, chapter 518; in 1980, chapter 559.

Code 1950, §§ 22-1.1, 22-2; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 100; 1976, cc. 681, 713; 1978, c. 518; 1980, c. 559.

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Court Decisions

United States v. Jason Buzzard (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/11/21)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

Commonwealth v. Smith (SCV, 02/29/24)
. . . PRESENT: Goodwyn, C.J., Kelsey, McCullough, Chafin, Russell, and Mann, JJ., and Mims, . . .

. . . Providence Hall Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Wells Fargo . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/11/16)
. . . Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge . . .

Scott v. Commonwealth (SCV, 04/15/94)
. . . 443 S.E.2d 138 (1994) . . .

. . . Helen C. Boyd Roger E. Boyd Veronica Lynn Boyd, by Her . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/12/90)
. . . 905 F.2d 764 . . .

. . . United States v. Mario Martinez, United States of America v. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/18/98)
. . . 136 F.3d 972 . . .

. . . National Posters, Inc. And National Litho, a Division of . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 11/03/83)
. . . 720 F.2d 1358 . . .

Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (COA, 07/15/25)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

. . . United States v. 531.13 Acres of Land, More or Less, . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 09/21/66)
. . . 366 F.2d 915 . . .

. . . The Gauley Mountain Coal Company (Williams River No. 1 Mine) . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 07/30/55)
. . . PARKER, Chief Judge. . . .

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