CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONDEMNATION OF LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; RIGHT OF ENTRY; LOCATION OF SCHOOL
OUTSIDE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DIVISION (§ 22.1-127)

A school board shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain and
may condemn land or other property or any interest or estate therein, including
dwellings, yards, gardens or orchards, necessary for public school purposes
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1 and
in the manner provided by Chapter 3 (§ 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1. To
determine the suitability of the land for school purposes, a school board shall
have the same right of entry under the same conditions as a county, city, or
town pursuant to § 25.1-203. A school board shall have no authority to locate
any school which was not begun prior to January 1, 1978, on property outside the
boundaries of the school division unless the school board first obtains the
approval of the governing body of the county, city or town in which a proposed
school will be located.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 22-97, 22-149; 1952, c. 87; 1954, c. 291; 1959, Ex.
Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1966, c. 273; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1972,
c. 549; 1973, c. 186; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559; 1994, c.
786; 2003, c. 940.