A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the attorney for the Commonwealth or other counsel may be employed by a school board to advise it concerning any legal matter or to represent it, any member thereof or any school official in any legal proceeding to which the school board, member or official may be a party, when such proceeding is instituted by or against it or against the member or official by virtue of his actions in connection with his duties as such member or official.
B. All costs and expenses of such advice and all costs, expenses and liabilities of such proceedings shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the school board.
C. A school board shall, prior to instituting any legal action or proceeding against any other governmental agency in Virginia or expending any funds therefor, first secure the authorization of the governing body of the county, city or town constituting the school division or the governing bodies of the counties or cities in the school division if the division is composed of more than one county or city except as to legal actions or proceedings arising between the school board and the governing body or bodies.
Code 1950, §§ 22-56.1, 22-72; 1954, c. 289; 1956, Ex. Sess., cc. 60, 63; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1966, c. 691; 1970, c. 71; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1972, c. 511; 1973, cc. 134, 299; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1980, c. 559.
Notes of Decisions
Wood v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Halifax Cnty., 372 S.E.2d 611 (Va. 1988).
· cites it 27× “Wood subsequently applied to the School Board pursuant to Code § 22.1-82 for reimbursement of the attorneys’ fees and expenses he had incurred in defending the dismissed civil and criminal proceedings.”
Drewrey v. Portsmouth City Sch. Bd., 264 F. Supp. 3d 724 (E.D. Va. 2017).
· cites it 6× “R&R at 11-12 (citing Va. Code § 22.1-82 (requiring payment of any judgment against a school board to come from funds appropriated to it, not from the State)).”
Finn v. Virginia Ret. Sys., 524 S.E.2d 125 (Va. 2000).
· cites it 6× “” In Wood , we considered whether Code § 22.1-82 authorized a school board to reimburse a division superintendent for expenses he incurred in criminal and civil proceedings arising out of the performance of his duties.”
Cole v. Buchanan Cnty. Sch. Bd., 661 F. Supp. 2d 569 (W.D. Va. 2009).
· cites it 2× “Va.Code Ann. §§ 22.1-82, 83, 84 (2006). Local school boards in Virginia may also enter into contracts for telephone service and credit cards, and create policies for commercial, promotional, and corporate partnerships between a school system and businesses.”
Sch. Bd. v. Wilder, 74 Va. Cir. 309 (Richmond County Cir. Ct. 2007).
· cites it 14× “1-71 ; (3) The Board lacks standing and the Court lacks jurisdiction because the suit was brought in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-82 ; (4) The RPS Superintendent lacks standing to assert the real estate claims of the School Board; (5) The Board and the RPS Superintendent…”
Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 8× “The degree of Commonwealth involvement and control over local school boards ends at their statutory 10 See Code § 22.1-82(A) for alteration. - 17 - construction,11 which designates the school board as a “body corporate.”
Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 4× “The degree of Commonwealth involvement and control over local school boards ends at their statutory 10 See Code § 22.1-82(A) for alteration. - 17 - construction,11 which designates the school board as a “body corporate.”
Lovern v. Edwards (4th Cir. 1999).
“See Va. Code § 22.1-82. 5 ing behavior towards school officials, including staff and School Board members.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-82(A) — 2 cases
Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
“The degree of Commonwealth involvement and control over local school boards ends at their statutory 10 See Code § 22.1-82(A) for alteration. - 17 - construction,11 which designates the school board as a “body corporate.”
Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
“The degree of Commonwealth involvement and control over local school boards ends at their statutory 10 See Code § 22.1-82(A) for alteration. - 17 - construction,11 which designates the school board as a “body corporate.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-82(B) — 2 cases
Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
“The degree of Commonwealth involvement and control over local school boards ends at their statutory 10 See Code § 22.1-82(A) for alteration. - 17 - construction,11 which designates the school board as a “body corporate.”
Monica Drasovean v. Steven Walts (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
“The degree of Commonwealth involvement and control over local school boards ends at their statutory 10 See Code § 22.1-82(A) for alteration. - 17 - construction,11 which designates the school board as a “body corporate.”
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