Virginia § 23.1-2902 - State Board; membership
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§ 23.1-2902. State Board; membership
A. The State Board shall consist of 15 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.
B. Each member shall be a resident of the Commonwealth. No officer, employee, or member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education or of any school subject to the control of the State Board and no member of the Board of Education is eligible for appointment to the State Board. All members of the State Board are members at large charged with the responsibility of serving the best interests of the whole Commonwealth, and no member shall act as the representative of any particular region or institution of higher education.
1966, c. 679, § 23-216; 1972, c. 136; 1983, c. 148; 2016, c. 588.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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