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At the November election immediately preceding the end of the board’s term, and upon the board’s prior vote for staggered terms, the members from four of the nine districts, inclusive of the at-large district, to be determined by lot by the electoral board of the county prior to its meeting immediately preceding the deadline for candidate filing, shall be elected for four-year terms, and the remaining districts’ successful candidates shall be elected for two-year terms.\n\nThereafter, all members shall be elected for four-year terms, and the school board elections shall be conducted biennially for staggered terms.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1321750,"text":"The school board of Loudoun County shall be elected as provided in \u00a7 22.1-57.3, except that upon a majority vote of its members the terms of school board members may be staggered as provided in this section. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 95<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapter 355<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":354949,"section_number":"22.1-57.3","catch_line":"Election of school board members; election of tie breaker","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-57.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":354949,"section_number":"22.1-57.3","catch_line":"Election of school board members; election of tie breaker","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-57.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1410999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354950,"identifier":"22.1-57.3:1.1","token":"22.1\/5\/7\/22.1-57.3_1.1","url":"\/22.1-57.3_1.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-57.3_1.1\/","token":"22.1\/5\/7\/22.1-57.3_1.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Loudoun County school board; staggered terms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-57.3:1.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The school board<\/span> of Loudoun County shall be elected as provided in \u00a7 22.1-57.3<\/a>, except that upon a majority vote of its members the terms of school board<\/span> members may be staggered as provided in this section. At the November election immediately preceding the end of the board’s term, and upon the board’s prior vote for staggered terms, the members from four of the nine districts, inclusive of the at-large district, to be determined by lot by the electoral board of the county prior to its meeting immediately preceding the deadline for candidate filing, shall be elected for four-year terms, and the remaining districts’ successful candidates shall be elected for two-year terms.<\/p>

Thereafter, all members shall be elected for four-year terms, and the school board<\/span> elections shall be conducted biennially for staggered terms.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD; STAGGERED TERMS (\u00a7 22.1-57.3:1.1)\n\nThe school board of Loudoun County shall be elected as provided in \u00a7 22.1-57.3,\nexcept that upon a majority vote of its members the terms of school board\nmembers may be staggered as provided in this section. At the November election\nimmediately preceding the end of the board’s term, and upon the\nboard’s prior vote for staggered terms, the members from four of the nine\ndistricts, inclusive of the at-large district, to be determined by lot by the\nelectoral board of the county prior to its meeting immediately preceding the\ndeadline for candidate filing, shall be elected for four-year terms, and the\nremaining districts’ successful candidates shall be elected for two-year\nterms.\n\nThereafter, all members shall be elected for four-year terms, and the school\nboard elections shall be conducted biennially for staggered terms.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 95; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 166; 2022, c. 355.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}