CHAPTER 12

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22-115.31, 22-115.32 and 22-115.84 of the
Code of Virginia to specify the minimum and maximum amount of the
local scholarships which the governing bodies of certain counties, cities
and towns are empowered to provide, and to authorize the payment of
the mintmum amount of such scholarships by the State Board of Edu-
cation in certain instances.

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Approved December 12, 1964
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
That §§ 22-115.31, 22-115.32 and 22-115.34 of the Code of Virginia be
mended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22-115.31.—The governing body of each county, city or town, if
he town be a separate school district approved for operation, is authorized
© appropriate funds to provide local scholarships in such amount as they
may deem proper, not less than the minimum nor more than the maximum
amount specified in this article, for the education of children residing
therein. in nonsectarian private schools located in or outside, and in public
schools located outside, such county, city or town.

§ 22-115.32.—Every child between the ages of six and twenty, residing
in any county, city or town which provides for the payment of local
scholarships under the provisions of this article, who has not finished or
graduated from high school, and who desires to attend a nonsectarian
private school located in or outside, or a public school located outside,
such county, city or town, shall be eligible and entitled to receive such
local scholarship. The minimum amount of the scholarship, if provided,
shall be at least that amount which, with the addition of the State scholar-
ship of one hundred and twenty-five dollars or one hundred and fifty dollars
as provided by § 22-115.30 of this article, would equal two hundred and
fifty dollars if the child attends an elementary school, or two hundred
seventy-five dollars if the child attends a high school, or the amount equal
to the actual cost of tuition at the school attended by such child, or the
total cost of operation, excluding debt service and capital outlay, per
pupil in average daily attendance in the public schools of the county, city
or town providing such scholarships, as determined by the Superintendent
af Public Instruction for the school year in which public schools were last
operated in such locality, whichever of such three sums is the lowest.

The minimum amount of the local scholarship may be increased by
‘he governing body of the county, city or town providing such scholarship,
but mm no case shall the maximum amount of the local scholarship exceed
that amount which, with the addition of the State scholarship of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars or one hundred and fifty dollars as pro-
cided hy § 22-115.30 of this article, would equal the actual cost of tuition
at th» school attended by such child, or the total cost of operation, excluding
d-ht service and camtal outlay, per pupil in average datly attendance in
tke mublic schools of the county, city or town providing such scholarships,
as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the school
vear in which public schools were last operated in such locality, whichever
“t such tiro sums is the lower.

§ 22-115.34.—If the governing body of a county, city or town au-
thorized by § 22-115.31 of this article to provide local scholarships fails
to provide the minimum amount of such scholarships for those entitled
thereto, the State Board of Education shall authorize and direct the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, under rules and regulations of the
State Board of Education, to provide for the payment of the minimum
amount of such scholarships on behalf of such county, city or town to the
extent hereinafter mentioned. In such event the Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall, at the end of each month, file with the State Comptroller
and with the governing body and school board of such county, city or
tvwn a statement showing all disbursements so made on behalf of such
county, city or town, and the Comptroller shall, from time to time, as
such funds become available, deduct from other State funds appropriated
fur distribution to such county, city or town the amount required to re-
-mburse the State for expenditures incurred under the provisions of this
section. provided that in no event shall any funds to which such county,
city or town may be entitled under the provisions of Title 63 of the Code
or for the operation of public schools be withheld under the provisions of
this section.