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Virginia Constitution, Article VIII

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Article VIII, Education

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Va. Const. art. VIII, § 1 Public schools of high quality to be maintained
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The General Assembly shall provide for a system of free public elementary and secondary schools for all children of school age throughout the Commonwealth, and shall seek to ensure that an educational program of high quality is established and continually maintained.
Va. Const. art. VIII, § 2 Standards of quality; State and local support of public schools
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Standards of quality for the several school divisions shall be determined and prescribed from time to time by the Board of Education, subject to revision only by the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall determine the manner in which funds are to be provided for the cost o…
Va. Const. art. VIII, § 3 Compulsory education; free textbooks
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The General Assembly shall provide for the compulsory elementary and secondary education of every eligible child of appropriate age, such eligibility and age to be determined by law. It shall ensure that textbooks are provided at no cost to each child attending public school whos…
Va. Const. art. VIII, § 4 Board of Education
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The general supervision of the public school system shall be vested in a Board of Education of nine members, to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Each appointment shall be for four years, except that those to fill vacancies shall be fo…

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 5 Powers and duties of the Board of Education

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The powers and duties of the Board of Education shall be as follows:

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 6 Superintendent of Public Instruction

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A Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall be an experienced educator, shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, for a term coincident with that of the Governor making the appointment, but the General Assembly may alter by statute…

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 7 School boards

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The supervision of schools in each school division shall be vested in a school board, to be composed of members selected in the manner, for the term, possessing the qualifications, and to the number provided by law.

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 8 The Literary Fund

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The General Assembly shall set apart as a permanent and perpetual school fund the present Literary Fund; the proceeds of all public lands donated by Congress for free public school purposes, of all escheated property, of all waste and unappropriated lands, of all property accruin…

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 9 Other educational institutions

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The General Assembly may provide for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of any educational institutions which are desirable for the intellectual, cultural, and occupational development of the people of this Commonwealth. The governance of such institutions, and the sta…

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 10 State appropriations prohibited to schools or institutions of learning not owned or exclusively controlled by the State or some subdivision thereof; exceptions to rule

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No appropriation of public funds shall be made to any school or institution of learning not owned or exclusively controlled by the State or some political subdivision thereof; provided, first, that the General Assembly may, and the governing bodies of the several counties, cities…

Va. Const. art. VIII, § 11 Aid to nonpublic higher education

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The General Assembly may provide for loans to, and grants to or on behalf of, students attending nonprofit institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate or graduate education and not to provide religious training or theologica…