Education

1956
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of county school boards.
AN ACT to authorize the Governor to execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a certain compact relating to juveniles; to declare the policy of the Commonwealth with regard to certain juveniles; to authorize the appointment of a compact administrator and prescribe his powers and duties; to provide for the payment of certain obligations, to prescribe the jurisdiction of certain courts in certain cases, and to authorize certain agreements with regard to the return of run away juveniles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 198 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which provided a new charter for the city of Martinsville, the section relating to the powers of ue sig
An Act to authorize the counties of Bedford, Washington, Rockbridge and Smyth, in connection with the issuance of bonds for school construction purposes, to exclude therefrom any special town school district therein.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4 and §§ 18 and 14, as amended, Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 1924, which provided a charter for the town of Salem, the section relating to powers of the town and town ordinances.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 15-692.2, authorizing joint acquisition of property for educational purposes by counties and cities and how the same may be disposed of.
An Act to amend and eomnaal § 22-9.8 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted by Chapter 148 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, so as to provide for an Overall Advisory Council on Needs of Handicapped Children, its composition, and its duties, and to make an appropria-tion.
An Act to repeal §§ 22-84 through 22-88.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to election of members of school boards in certain counties; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 22-88.1 and 22-83.2, relating to method of selection of school boards tn such counties and cities.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1957, and the thirtieth day June, 1958.

1956es
An Act to provide for the employment of counsel to defend the actions of members of school boards and to provide for the payment of costs, exponnns and liabilities levied against such members out of local publie funds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to property exempt from taxation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 51-111.10, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the meaning of certain words as used in the Virginia Supplemental Retirement Act, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Title 51, Chapter 8.2 thereof, an Article 4.1, containing §§ 51-111.88:1 through 51-111.88:8, providing for the retirement of certain private school teachers.
An Act to authorize the Central School Board of the Town of Abingdon and the County School Board of Washington County to establish a joint school for the use of the Town of Abingdon and the Abingdon Magisterial District; to acquire property and hold title thereto jointly and to provide for the operation and control of the same.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2-86.1, providing that the Attorney General shall render certain services to local school boards, and to appropriate funds.
An Act to authorize the State Board of Education to convey certain property of Madison College and to authorize the expenditure of the proceeds therefrom.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to minimum school terms.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding § 7-34.1, to provide for the display of the flag of the Commonwealth at public schools, and to appropriate funds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-577 of the Code of Virginia, relating to county and city budgets; to amend and reenact § 22-117 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when State funds are to be paid for public schools; to amend and reenact § 22-125 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure when governing body refuses to provide funds for public school purposes; to amend and reenact § 22-126 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to school levies and the use thereof ; to amend and reenact § 22-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cash appropriations in lieu of school levies; to amend and reenact § 22-129 of the Code of Virginia, relating to town levies and appropriations for public school purposes; to amend and reenact § 22-138 of the Code of Virginia, relating to unexpended school funds; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 22-127.1, relating to levies and appropriations by the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns for school purposes, so as to authorize such governing bodies to withhold funds already made available for school purposes, and to provide penalties for violation.
An Act to create a legislative committee of the House and Senate to investigate and hold hearings relative to the activities of corporations, associations, organizations and other groups which encourage and promote litigation relating to racial activities; to provide for the organization, powers and duties of said committee; to provide for hearings; to authorize said committee to issue subpoenas and require testimony; to provide for application to court for an order requiring any person to appear and testify who fails or refuses to do so; to provide for witness fees; to provide for employment of a clerical and investigative force by the committee; to provide for payment of expenses; to appropriate funds for use of the committee; to provide that the Attorney General or other legal counsel shall represent said committee; and for other purposes.
An Act to establish the responsibility of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the control of certain public schools under certain conditions; to that end to state the conditions which must exist in relation to such schools in order for the Commonwealth to assume such responsibility; to vest in the Commonwealth control of certain schools under stated conditions, and to confer powers and impose duties upon the Commonwealth to be exercised by the Governor of Virginia; to provide the conditions under which such powers shall be designated; to empower the Governor to act in certain cases; to confer immunity from legal proceedings upon the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Governor; to refuse the consent of the Commonwealth to certain legal proceedings; to provide for the payment of certain educational grants; and to provide for the appropriation and expenditure of funds necessary under this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-159 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the accrediting of schools conducted in buildings not meeting requirements of the State Board of Education.
An Act to declare an emergency to exist in any school division in which an efficient system of elementary or secondary public schools is not operated under local authority, and in such case to invoke the police powers of the Commonwealth and the Constitutional powers of the General Assembly; to establish in every such school district, subject to the adoption by the local governing body of a resolution declaring the need therefor, an efficient system of elementary or secondary public schools operated by the Commonwealth; to provide that such system be operated and maintained by the Governor for and on behalf of the General Assembly; to define “efficient system of elementary public schools” and “efficient system of secondary public schools”; to provide for the use of local school buildings and related facilities of certain counties, cities and towns; to provide for the purchase of text-books, supplies and equipment, and to permit local school boards to provide for the transportation of pupils; to provide for the administration of the school system hereby established and the employment of persons therein; to provide for the application of this act to counties, cities and towns; to vest in the State Board of Education the general supervision of such schools and to authorize it, subject to certain limitations, to make rules and regulations applicable thereto; to provide how proceedings against local school boards in matters involving the State established schools may be instituted; to prescribe the effect of certain proceedings brought against local school boards and the members thereof; to provide the circumstances under which pupils may be admitted to the State schools; to provide for the employment and assignment of teachers and other personnel; to prescribe the provisions of Title 22 of the Code of Virginia which shall apply to the State established and maintained schools; to provide the method for admission to the State established schools and the terms and conditions thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of county school boards.
An Act to create a Pupil Placement Board and confer upon it powers as to enrollment or placement of pupils in the public schools and determination of school attendance districts, and to provide for administrative procedure and remedies for pupils seeking enrollment in a school or a change from one school to another school.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of county school boards.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, approved March 31, 1956, relating to the appropriation of the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day of June, 1957, and the thirtieth day of June, 1958, so as to provide that the sums appropriated in Items 188, 184, 187, 188 and 148 shall be for the maintenance of an efficient system of elementary and secondary schools, respectively; to establish and define an elementary and secondary public school system; to prohibit the expenditure of any of the funds appropriated by such items in support of any system of public schools which is not efficient; and to provide for and prescribe the conditions under which such funds may be expended for educational purposes in furtherance of education of Virginia students in elementary and secondary nonsectarian private schools.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 65-7.1, to define change in condition as used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
An Act to authorize certain localities to raise sums of money by a tax on property, subject to local taxation, to be expended by local school authorities for educational purposes including cost of transportation, and to impose penalties for violations.
An Act to require the inclusion in school budgets of amounts sufficient for the payment of grants for educational purposes; to provide for local governing bodies raising money for educational purposes and making appropriations therefor; to provide for the expenditure of such funds for payment of such grants and transportation costs under certain circumstances; to empower the State Board of Education to make rules and regulations and pay such grants; to provide for the withholding of certain funds and the use thereof; and to provide penalties for the violation of this act.
An Act
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-72, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers and duties of the county school boards, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 22-72.1, authorizing county school boards to provide for transporta-tion of pupils.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-205 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assignment of teachers by division superintendents.
An Act to authorize local school boards to expend funds designated for public school purposes for such grants in furtherance of elementary and secondary education as may be permitted by law without first obtaining authority therefor from the tax levying body.

1958
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 23 a new article numbered 2.2, containing sections numbered 28-185.8 through 28-185.11, so as to establish a technical institution in the city of Roanoke under the supervision of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in cooperation with the State Board of Education; to prescribe the terms and conditions incident to the establishment of such technical institution.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 28-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to annual reports of boards of visitors and trustees of State educational institutions.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 88.1-477.1, providing for the issuance of a policy of group life insurance upon certain voluntary association groups.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9-78, 9-80, 9-81, 9-82 and 9-84 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
AN ACT to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia to convey certain land.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Irvington and to declare void all former charters thereof.
AN ACT to authorize the State Board of Education to make adjustments in its allocations of funds appropriated to it by law and providing that the State Board of Education may allocate certain amounts to certain cities in the equalization of teachers salaries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-50, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the board of visitors of the Medical College of Virginia.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-166.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to the Advisory Research Committee on plans and specifications for school buildings.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to salary of members of county school boards.
AN ACT to repeal §§ 22-278, 22-280 as amended, 22-281, 33-283 and 44-101 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school buses, riding on sidewalks, and right of troops in streets.
An Act to amend Chapter 227 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved March 12, 1954, which chapter provided a new charter for the City of Covington, by adding thereto sections numbered 5.021 and 5.041, which sections relate to the collection and disbursement of local funds and to the method of making real estate reassessments, respectively; and to further amend the said chapter by amending and reenacting §§ 5.12 and 12.01 thereof, which sections relate to the purpose for which bonds or notes may be issued and to the school board and superintendent of schools, respectively.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-276 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rules and regulations governing school buses and the enforcement of
An Act to provide for the submission of a proposed amendment to § 115-a of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 11.01 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, Extra Session, approved December 16, 1952, being the charter of the City of Hampton, the section relating to school board and superintendent of schools; and to amend such chapter by adding a section numbered 18.11, relating to associate civil and police justice.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 54-275.1, to provide that the statutes regulating the practice of the healing arts shall not be construed to prevent any State Medical College from entering into contracts with physicians to teach therein, nor to prohibit certain State agencies from furnishing medical care.
AN ACT to establish the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia with respect to public schools whenever under any Federal authority the operation thereof is policed by military troops or enforcement officers; to provide for the closing of such schools; to vest and confer certain powers in the Governor; to provide the conditions for return of such schools to the local authorities.
AN ACT to provide for the creation and appointment of a commission on the aging, to prescribe its duties, responsibilities, and powers, and to appropriate moneys for the commission.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-274, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicles exempt from regulations.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment and term of school division superintendents.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 28-107, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to State cadets in Virginia Military Institute and to their obligations as such.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-281.1, to permit corporal punishment of school pupils in certain cases.
AN ACT to permit the governing bodies of certain counties to lay a uniform levy for school purposes in lieu of district levies; to provide how such action may be required; and to repeal certain acts.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 54-784.1, relating to the power and authority of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; and to amend and reenact §§ 54-785, 54-786 and 54-789.4 of the Code, all relating to the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 54-276.7 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to the employment of licensed or unlicensed practitioners as internes or residents in hospitals.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-277, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to when it shall be unlawful to collect tolls for the use of roads, highways and bridges in the State so as to except from its provisions certain projects.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 51-111.70, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to benefits for certain retired teachers and State employees.
An Act to appropriate the sum of ten million dollars from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund of the State treasury to the Literary Fund.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2-4.2 and 28-9.1 of the Code of Virginia, to authorize State departments, agencies and institutions to convey easements to political subdivisions of the State.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 22-218, 22-219 and 22-220 of the Code of Virginia, concerning persons who shall be admitted to public schools in counties, cities, and towns operating as separate school districts; and to add three new sections to the Code of Virginia, between §§ 22-218 and 22-219, designated §§ 22-218.1, and 22-218.2 and 22-218.8, concerning persons who may be admitted to public schools in counties, cities, and towns operating as separate school atte
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-259.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the prohibition by counties of certain parking.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-204, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the certification of teachers.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-692.2 of the Code of Virginia, which authorizes joint acquisition of property for educational purposes by counties and cities, and how the same may be disposed of.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 11-23.1, requiring certain optional specifications in contracts for public buildings.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-183 of the Code of Virginia, relating to recital on certain district school bonds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to deductions allowed taxpayers reporting income.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-19, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, 80 as to provide for a maximum interest rate of six per centum on bonds issued by certain educational institutions
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 10 of Chapter 68 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, Extra Session, approved September 29, 1956, the chapter relating to operation of certain public schools under certain conditions and the powers of the Governor in connection therewith; the section, which was codified as § 22-188.12, relating to manner in which certain schools taken out of the public school system may be returned thereto and the effect thereof.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-166 of the Code of Virginia, relating to applicability of certain laws concerning school property and school bonds so as to exclude school bonds from the scope thereof.
An Act to establish the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia with respect to the operation of the public free schools when the peace and tranquility of the school division is disturbed or the orderly administration of the educational process is disturbed by reason of the existence of certain conditions; to provide for the closing of such schools; to vest and confer certain powers in the Governor; and to provide the conditions for return of such schools to the local authorities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-306.1 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted by Chapter 19 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, relating to the preparation of certain textbooks for use in the public schools.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 45 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved February 18, 1958, relating to referenda to require the governing bodies of certain counties to lay a uniform levy for school purposes in lieu of district levies.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-49.1, to constitute the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary in Virginia and the Richmond Professional Institute, respectively, as divisions of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and to provide for the control and management thereof.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 68-879, 63-380, 63-382 and 63-385 of the Code of Virginia, requiring the Medical College of Virginia to establish and maintain a mobile psychiatric clinic, providing for the purchase of supplies and equipment, cooperation of certain agencies, and teaching of students and opportunities of research, so as to transfer the duties formerly imposed upon the Medical College of Virginia and the Board thereof upon the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals and the State Hospital Board.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28-282.1, 22-282.2, 22-282.8, 22-282.5, 22-282.7 and 22-282.10 of the Code of Virginia, to repeal § 22-232.9 of the Code of Virginia, and to add a new section numbered 22-282.17, declaring the provisions of Article 1.1 of Chapter 12 of the Code of Virginia to be severable, to authorize issuance of subpoenas by the Pupil Placement Board or its agents and punishment as for contempt in the event of failure or refusal to obey such subpoenas; and to prescribe standards governing the Pupil Placement Board in the enrollment of pupils in the public schools and certain administrative procedures and remedies for pupils seeking enrollment in a public school or a change from one public school to another.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-206 of the Code of Virginia, to exempt therefrom persons regularly employed by any school board prior to the inception of certain relationships.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 22-112, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the rate of interest, method of payment and evidence of Literary Fund loans.
An Act to require the State Library Board to erect at Pungoteague in Accomack County an historical marker commemorating the first recorded public performance of a stage play in the United States.
An Act to amend Chapter 419 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, approved March 80, 1986, which provided the charter for the town of Altavista, by adding thereto a section numbered 33, to provide for a separate school district for the town of Altavista for representation only, and to further provide for a town school board and appointment of members thereto, and for designation of the town members on the county school board.
AN ACT to provide for an inventory of existing facilities for training nurses, for a survey of the need for additional such facilities, for the development and administration of a construction program which will, in conjunction with existing facilities, provide for the training of sufficient nurses to serve all people of the State; to create an advisory council on nursing training and provide for the terms, powers and duties of the members thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 40-97 and 40-100.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the employment of children under eighteen years of age.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Lebanon and to repeal Chapter 96, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1872-78, in force February 21, 1878, which incorporated the town of Lebanon.
An Act to amend and reenact § 42-26, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to grants to improve the standards of public libraries.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1959, and the thirtieth day of June, 1960.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 23-19, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of bonds and the incurring of certain obligations by certain educational institutions and the conditions for repayment thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain real and personal property exempted from taxation
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-64 of the Code of Virginia, relating to terms of members of county school boards.

1959es
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of county school boards.
An Act to create a Pupil Placement Board and confer upon it powers as to enrollment or placement of pupils in the public schools and determination of school attendance districts, and to provide for administrative procedure and remedies for pupils seeking enrollment in a school or a change from one school to another school.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of county school boards.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, approved March 81, 1956, relating to the appropriation of the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day of June, 1957, and the thirtieth day of June, 1958, so as to provide that the sums appropriated in Items 188, 184, 187, 188 and 148 shall be for the maintenance of an efficient system of elementary and secondary schools, respectively; to establish and define an elementary and secondary public school system; to prohibit the expenditure of any of the funds appropriated by such items in support of any system of public schools which is not efficient; and to provide for and prescribe the conditions under which such funds may be expended for educational purposes in furtherance of education of Virginia students in elementary and secondary nonsectarian private schools.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 65-7.1, to define change in condition as used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
An Act to authorize certain localities to raise sums of money by a tax on property, subject to local taxation, to be expended by local school authorities for educational purposes including cost of transportation, and to impose penalties for violations.
An Act to require the inclusion in school budgets of amounts sufficient for the payment of grants for educational purposes; to provide for local governing bodies raising money for educational purposes and making appropriations therefor; to provide for the expenditure of such funds for payment of such grants and transportation costs under certain circumstances; to empower the State Board of Education to make rules and regulations and pay such grants; to provide for the withholding of certain funds and the use thereof; and to provide penalties for the violation of this act.
An act to provide that no child shall be required to attend integrated schools.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-72, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers and duties of the county school boards, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 22-72.1, authorizing county school boards to provide for transportation of pupils.