Education

1959es
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.
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 § 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 amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to property exempt from taxation.
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 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 and reenact § 22-5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to minimum school terms.
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 various sections of the Code of Virginia relating to county and city budgets and public school funding.
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 establish the responsibility of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the control of certain public schools under certain conditions
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.

1960
An Act to authorize the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to sell and convey certain property in the city of Williamsburg to Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.
An Act to authorize the rector and visitors of the University of Virginia to borrow funds to erect apartments for married students and to prescribe the conditions in connection therewith.
An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Secs. 110, 118, 119 and 120 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 authorize, subject to certain conditions, the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to sell and convey certain property in the city of Williamsburg and county of James City to Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-857 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure and conditions for issuing operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses to certain persons.
An Act to encourage, foster and facilitate the industrial and economic development of the Commonwealth by promoting the education at institutions of higher learning of residents of this State; and to this end to create a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to be known as the State Education Assistance Authority and to define its powers and duties; to grant powers to the Authority to further the objectives of the act; to provide that no debt of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision other than the Authority created by this act shall be incurred by the acts and undertakings of the Authority; to authorize all agencies, officers and employees of the Commonwealth and of its political subdivisions to cooperate with and contribute property to the Authority; to appropriate funds to the Authority; ana to proviae jor matters in connection with the foregoing.
An Act to authorize the State Board of Education with the consent of the Governor to sell and convey certain real estate held for the use and benefit of Virginia State College and to appropriate the proceeds therefrom.
An Act to authorize the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia to borrow funds to erect certain dormitories, and to prescribe the conditions in connection therewith.
An Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to institute proceedings in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond for the transfer of certain real and personal property, known as “The Gari Melchers Memorial’ and the endowment funds established for the support thereof, to the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia for the benefit of Mary Washington
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to filing a copy of examinations given by the Board of Veterinary Examiners.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 189 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 9, 1946, relating to investment and expenditure of funds held by the trustees of Margaret Academy.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3.02, 4.01 as amended, 4.12, 4.17, 6.02 as amended, 6.09, 6.19, 17.02, 17.06, 17.07, 17.08, 17.18, 19.01 as amended, 19.02, 19.08, 19.04, 19.05, 19.06, 19.07 as amended, 19.08, 19.09, 19.10, 19.12, 19. 18 and 20. 02 as amended, of Chap. 328 of the Acts of Assembly 'of 1950, approved April 4, 1950, which provided a charter for the city of Falls Church, the sections relating to nomination of candidates for council; composition of council; certain referenda; procedure concerning charter amendments; submission of budgets and hearings thereon; composition and certain functions and duties of the planning commission; adoption of master plan; district boundaries; municipal courts and judges and officers thereof and election of the school board.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-190 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-857 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensing persons under eighteen and allowing cities to prohibit them from driving so as to allow certain counties to prohibit such persons from driving.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to deductions from income for purposes of taxation.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 40-96, and 40-97, as amended, 40-100, 40-100.6, 40-101, 40-102, 40-104 as amended, 40-105, 40-106, 40-107, 40-108, 40-109 as amended, 40-110, 40-111, 40-114, 40-116 and 40-118 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to employment of children, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 40-100.4:1, to prescribe the conditions for employment of children pursuant to a work-training certificate in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-141, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to town school districts’ share of county school funds; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-141.1, prescribing towns’ share of other county runt 526)
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-788.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to qualifications and fee for the examination of the Board of Veterinary Examiners.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-298 as amended, 54-299 as amended, and 54-810 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, said sections relating generally to certification to practice the healing arts and specifically to Part I and to Part II of the examinations given to applicants for certificates to practice the healing arts, and to the issuance of certificates to practice the healing arts to applicants from without the State.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28-85.3 and 28-35.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the authorization of medical and dental scholarships, providing for written contracts therefor and prescribing relief from obligations under such contracts.
An Act to permit the governing bodies of counties, cities or towns to provide for the establishment and operation of educational television stations.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37-1.1 and 37-5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain definitions of certain State institutions and to continuation of the Petersburg Training School.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 40-126 and 40-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to apprentices and apprenticeship agreements.
An Act to encourage the education of the children of the Commonwealth by providing State scholarships and authorizing the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to provide local scholarships for the education of such children in nonsectarian private schools located in or outside, and in public schools located outside, the locality in which they reside; to provide for the manner in which such scholarships shall be made available; to make unlawful the improper obtaining or expending of funds provided for such scholarships; to provide for the manner in which local scholarships shall be available under certain circumstances, and the minimum amount of such scholarships; and to repeal Chapter 58, Acts of Assembly, Extra Session, 1959, and Chapter 7.2 of Title 22 of the Code, consisting of §§ 22-115.22 through 22-115.28, relating to grants for education of children in private schools.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-692.8, to provide for acquisition of property for certain educational purposes by counties, cities and towns.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 590 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Emporia, the section relating to powers of the town.
An Act to authorize the Governor and the State Hospital Board, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to convey certain property of the Petersburg Training School and Hospital to the College of William and Mary in Virginia and to Frank J. Reiter and Lillian B. Retter, his wife.
An Act to require the State Library Board to have prepared and erected in appropriate locations within the city of Staunton historical markers, respectively, commemorating the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, and Mary Baldwin College.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-49.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to divisions of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 23-14, as amended, 23-39, 28-40, 28-41, 23-42, 23-44, 28-45, 28-47, 28-49, and 28-49.1 and repeal § 28-48 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
An Act to designate that period of time between January nineteenth and February twenty-second, nineteen hundred sixty-one, and the same period of time of each succeeding year as Virginia and American History Month.
An Act to authorize the State Board of Education, in its discretion, subject to the approval of the Governor, to sell certain water rights and common land owned by Virginia State College and to provide for the application of the proceeds of such sale.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-666.29 of the Code of Virginia, relating to initial resolution for bond issues by counties.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 23-98 and 28-94 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the board of visitors of the Virginia Military Institute.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to crimes and offenses generally; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 11 and §§ 18-1 to 18-366, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to crimes and offenses generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 18.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 18.1-1 to 18.1-429, both inclusive, relating to crimes and offenses generally; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-107.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to loans for the construction of school buildings on certain property.
An Act authorizing Eastern State Hospital to convey certain real estate to The College of William and Mary in Virginia and to further author-ize The College of Wiliam and Mary in Virginia to negotiate with Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, for the exchange of certain real estate and with the approval of the Governor to consummate the sale thereof and to provide for disposition of the proceeds of such sale.
An Act to provide that the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns may provide that contributions made by persons to certain nonprofit, nonsectarian, private schools shall constitute a credit against the liability of any such person for county, city or town real estate or personal property taxes; to provide how such credit may be obtained; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.
An Act for the relief of certain students who attended Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia in the session of 1957-58.
An Act to encourage the education of the children of the Commonwealth
Proposing an amendment to Section 30 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to authorize the City of Danville to transfer, and the Board of Visitors of Virginia Polytechnic Institute to accept such transfer, the Danville Technical Institute, in whole or part, not earlier than July one, nineteen hundred sixty-one.
An Act to amend and reenact § 23-36.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nursing scholarships.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to money derived under the provisions of the “forest reserve act” approved by Congress on May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight, and to the disposition of such money.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-185.1, to remove the defense of infancy as to certain loans for higher education
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-78 and 68-96 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to service of the local superintendent and employees and services required of the local superintendent.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-60, 54-61, 54-62, as amended, 54-62.1 and 54-66 of the Code of Virginia, relating to admission to the Bar, and to repeal § 54-61.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to character certificates required of certain applicants.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to expenses of members of the State Board of Education, so as to provide a per diem.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9.10, as amended, 9.11 and 9.18 of Chapter 586 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, being the charter of the city of Alexandria.
An Act to repeal § 22-67, and all amendments thereof, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the salary of school board members and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 22-67.1, relating to the salary of school board members.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain real estate and personal property exempted from taxation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 32-392, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions of the words Hospital, Nonprofit, Nursing School, Nurse Training Facility, and Council, so as to define Charitable Institution.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22-188 and 22-141, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to funds for public school or educational purposes and to funds for special town school districts.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-180.2, authorizing the governing bodies of certain counties to adopt such ordinances regulating traffic upon the highways of such counties as it deems necessary for the protection of school children, and to prescribe certain limitations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Article II, §§ 7, 8, 11, 18, and 14 of Article IV, § 7 of Article VI and § 2 of Article VIII of Chap. 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved March 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Poquoson, the sections relating respectively to powers of the town, adoption of ordinances, appointment of officers, payment of claims by school board, and composition of planning commission.
An Act to amend and reenact § 42-26, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to grants to libraries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 51-112, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to retirement systems of localities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-48.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to dissolution of special town school districts.

1962
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-97.1, relating to powers of city school boards with respect to the transportation of pupils.
An Act to provide for the development of educational television facilities
An Act to amend and reenact § 3.02, §§ 8.04, 9.06 and 9.11, as amended, of Chapter 586, of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, being the charter of the city of Alexandria; to amend said chapter by adding sections numbered 9.83 and 15.10.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9 of Title 28 an Article numbered 6, containing sections numbered 238-91.5 through 238-91.8, so as to establish a division of the University of Virginia in Martinsville, Virginia, to be known as the Patrick Henry Branch of the School of General Studies, and to prescribe the terms and conditions incident to the establishment of such branch college.
An Act to provide for a study by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia of the need for a medical school in the Tidewater area, and to appropriate funds.
An Act to amend and reenact $$ 23-40 and 28-49.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to The College of William and Mary in Virginia, in Williamsburg, Richard Bland College in Petersburg, and Christopher Newport College in Newport News.
An Act to amend Chapter IV of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, which provided a charter for the City of Portsmouth, by adding a section numbered 58-a, to prescribe certain procedures and requirements with regard to school funds.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 23 an article numbered 2.8, containing sections numbered 23-135.12 through 23-185.16, so as to establish, as a division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the Clifton Forge-Covington Branch of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and to prescribe the terms and conditions incident to the establishment of such branch college.
An Act to appropriate certain funds and to direct a study of the present and future teacher supply.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 82 a chapter numbered 3.1, containing sections numbered $2-47.1 through 82-47.8, requiring immunization against certain diseases in certain counties, providing how such immunization is to be effectuated; to provide exemptions, and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to filing examinations given by certain State agencies.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 23 an article numbered 2.8, containing sections numbered 28-185.12 through 23-185.16, so as to establish, as a division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, an off-campus branch at Wytheville, Virginia, and to prescribe the terms and conditions incident to the establishment of such branch.
An Act to amend and reenact various sections of the Charter for the City of Roanoke, relating to city powers, council composition, qualifications, elections, city manager, budget, and school board.
An Act to regulate the practice of barbering, to provide for the examination and registration of barbers, barber teachers and apprentices, and the licensing of schools of barbering, and fixing the fees thereof; to establish a Board of Barber Examiners and to define its powers and duties; to provide for physical examinations and certifications of health of barbers, barber teachers and apprentices; to regulate barbers, barber teachers and apprentices; to regulate barber shops and schools of barbering; to provide and appropriate funds for the purpose of administering, enforcing and effectuating the provisions hereof; to require annual inspections by State and local health departments and to provide penalties for the violations of the provisions hereof.
An Act to repeal Chapter 300 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 24, 1926, which placed limits upon school taxes and provided for allocation of certain revenues.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 51-111.70:1, providing additional benefits for certain retired teachers and State employees.
An Act to amend and reenact § 5 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, as amended, the chapter providing a charter for the town of Brookneal and the section relating to election of mayor and council and the powers of council.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1968, and the thirtieth day of June, 1964.
An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Franklin; and to repeal Chapter 128 of the Acts of Assembly of 1875-1876, approved March 15, 1876, which provided a new charter for the Town of Franklin, in the County of Southampton, and all amendments thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-193, as amended, and § 46.1-194, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, both relating to maximum and minimum speed limits and prohibiting conviction for speeding in certain areas under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-289.2, to provide a privilege for communications between ministers of religion and certain persons whom they counsel or advise.
Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Section 28 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact certain sections of the charter for the City of Danville, relating to the powers of the city, the election of city officials, the Department of Finance, and to add a Department of Purchasing and a Department of Tax Assessment.
An Act to require the State Library Board to have prepared and to erect a historical marker near the plantation of Colonel George Eskridge in Westmoreland County; and to make an appropriation.
An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Fairfax
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 23-14, 23-39, 23-40, 23-41, 23-42, 23-47, 23-49 and 23-49.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 28 thereof, chapters numbered respectively 5.1, containing sections numbered 23-49.2 through 23-49.10, and 5.2, containing sections numbered 23-49.11 through 28-49.20, the amended and new sections redefining the method of appointing visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and their powers and duties, and creating boards of visitors for new corporate bodies entitled “Richmond Professional Institute’ and “The Visitors of Norfolk College’, and defining their powers and duties.
An Act to authorize the school boards of counties to borrow from the Literary Fund for the purpose of constructing school facilities to serve a portion of the county; and to authorize the levy of taxes on property in the magisterial districts served by such facilities for the purpose of repaying the loan.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter 1 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 powers of the city.