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The school board shall have the power and duty to take such steps and institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper to secure a complete settlement of the accounts of any trustees to whom any funds or other property for the purposes of public school education shall have been entrusted and to secure a full and proper administration of such trusts; and to this end it may institute suit for the removal, for good cause shown, of such trustee or trustees and for the appointment of new trustees either to replace those removed or to fill vacancies and may institute such suits or actions as may be necessary to compel the payment of any balances in the hands of the old trustee or trustees so removed or to correct any defect or irregularity whatever in the administration of such trust fund or other property.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1318753,"text":"The school board shall have the power and duty, in the event of any delinquency or any irregularity in the acts of any treasurer, officer, agent or employee handling school funds or of any member of such school board, to take such steps and institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper in order to secure complete settlement of the accounts of such treasurer, officer, agent, employee or member of such school board and a full and clear exhibit of the transactions of such treasurer, officer, agent, employee or member of such school board in connection with the receipts and disbursements of any funds for public school purposes and to compel the payment of any balances that may be in the hands of such treasurer or other person. The school board shall have the power and duty to take such steps and institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper to secure a complete settlement of the accounts of any trustees to whom any funds or other property for the purposes of public school education shall have been entrusted and to secure a full and proper administration of such trusts; and to this end it may institute suit for the removal, for good cause shown, of such trustee or trustees and for the appointment of new trustees either to replace those removed or to fill vacancies and may institute such suits or actions as may be necessary to compel the payment of any balances in the hands of the old trustee or trustees so removed or to correct any defect or irregularity whatever in the administration of such trust fund or other property.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":50690,"edition_id":2,"name":"Treasurers; Accounts","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":5,"parent_id":50685,"metadata":{"child_laws":8,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:31:30","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:01","permalink":{"id":1411369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50690,"identifier":"5","token":"22.1\/8\/5","url":"\/22.1\/8\/5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50685,"edition_id":2,"name":"Public School Funds","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":8,"parent_id":50682,"metadata":{"child_laws":48,"child_structures":6},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:31:28","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:00","permalink":{"id":1411215,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50685,"identifier":"8","token":"22.1\/8","url":"\/22.1\/8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50682,"edition_id":2,"name":"Education","identifier":"22.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":60,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":858,"child_structures":99},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:31:28","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:57","permalink":{"id":1407951,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50682,"identifier":"22.1","token":"22.1","url":"\/22.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":354194,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-115","catch_line":"System of accounting; statements of funds available; classification of expenditures","url":"\/22.1-115\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-115","metadata":false},{"id":354196,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-116","catch_line":"How and by whom funds for school division kept and disbursed","url":"\/22.1-116\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-116","metadata":false},{"id":354195,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-116.1","catch_line":"Receipt of payment by credit cards; service charge","url":"\/22.1-116.1\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-116.1","metadata":false},{"id":354197,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-117","catch_line":"Fiscal agents of certain school divisions","url":"\/22.1-117\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-117","metadata":false},{"id":354198,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-118","catch_line":"Management of funds for joint school; county or city treasurer as fiscal agent","url":"\/22.1-118\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-118","metadata":false},{"id":354199,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-119","catch_line":"No commission for treasurer","url":"\/22.1-119\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-119","metadata":false},{"id":354201,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-120","catch_line":"Settlement by treasurer","url":"\/22.1-120\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-120","metadata":false},{"id":354202,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-121","catch_line":"Proceedings against officers, etc., to compel settlement of accounts","url":"\/22.1-121\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-121","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":354201,"structure_id":50690,"section_number":"22.1-120","catch_line":"Settlement by treasurer","url":"\/22.1-120\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-120","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/22.1-121\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1980, chapter 559.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1411399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354202,"identifier":"22.1-121","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-121","url":"\/22.1-121\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-121\/","token":"22.1\/8\/5\/22.1-121","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceedings against officers, etc., to compel settlement of accounts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The school board<\/span> shall have the power and duty, in the event of any delinquency or any irregularity in the acts of any treasurer, officer, agent or employee handling school funds or of any member of such school board<\/span>, to take such steps and institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper in order<\/span> to secure complete settlement<\/span> of the accounts of such treasurer, officer, agent, employee or member of such school board<\/span> and a full and clear exhibit of the transactions of such treasurer, officer, agent, employee or member of such school board<\/span> in connection with the receipts and disbursements of any funds for public school purposes and to compel the payment of any balances that may be in the hands of such treasurer or other person. The school board<\/span> shall have the power and duty to take such steps and institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper to secure a complete settlement<\/span> of the accounts of any trustees to whom any funds or other property for the purposes of public school education shall have been entrusted and to secure a full and proper administration of such trusts; and to this end it may institute suit for the removal, for good cause shown, of such trustee or trustees and for the appointment of new trustees either to replace those removed or to fill vacancies and may institute such suits or actions as may be necessary to compel the payment of any balances in the hands of the old trustee or trustees so removed or to correct any defect or irregularity whatever in the administration of such trust fund or other property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDINGS AGAINST OFFICERS, ETC., TO COMPEL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS (\u00a7\n22.1-121)\n\nThe school board shall have the power and duty, in the event of any delinquency\nor any irregularity in the acts of any treasurer, officer, agent or employee\nhandling school funds or of any member of such school board, to take such steps\nand institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary and proper in order to\nsecure complete settlement of the accounts of such treasurer, officer, agent,\nemployee or member of such school board and a full and clear exhibit of the\ntransactions of such treasurer, officer, agent, employee or member of such\nschool board in connection with the receipts and disbursements of any funds for\npublic school purposes and to compel the payment of any balances that may be in\nthe hands of such treasurer or other person. The school board shall have the\npower and duty to take such steps and institute such legal proceedings as may be\nnecessary and proper to secure a complete settlement of the accounts of any\ntrustees to whom any funds or other property for the purposes of public school\neducation shall have been entrusted and to secure a full and proper\nadministration of such trusts; and to this end it may institute suit for the\nremoval, for good cause shown, of such trustee or trustees and for the\nappointment of new trustees either to replace those removed or to fill vacancies\nand may institute such suits or actions as may be necessary to compel the\npayment of any balances in the hands of the old trustee or trustees so removed\nor to correct any defect or irregularity whatever in the administration of such\ntrust fund or other property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 22-136; 1980, c. 559.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}