A division superintendent may be assessed a reasonable fine, suspended from office for a limited period or removed from office by either the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the school board of the division for sufficient cause. A division superintendent may appeal to the appropriate circuit court any decision of the Board of Education or school board to assess a fine against him or to suspend or remove him from office and shall be entitled to a trial de novo on such appeal of whether there was sufficient cause therefor.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-65

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Division superintendent: means the division superintendent of schools of a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • School board: means the school board that governs a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Public Instruction. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Code 1950, § 22-40; 1980, c. 559; 1990, c. 517.

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