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(Continued from Page 1) repeatedly in the Assembly. Though none of these bills has survived committee review, it doesn’t appear that the question will go away.
Local government officials generally have supported election of school boards but only if the boards have taxraising authority. Separate levies for schools would relieve local officials of the responsibility for raising a large portion of the tax revenue required for public services as school costs generally account for the biggest chunk in local budgets. (In Rappahannock County’s 1978-79 $2 million budget, school operations totaled approximately $1,400,000.)
Abolish Trustee System
Tfie Virginia Advisory Legislative Council completed a study of local government during 1976 and recommended doing away with the method of appointing school board members by electoral trustees. The Council suggested that all school board members still be appointed but by governing bodies—not electoral trustees.
School Trustee Electoral Boards are composed of three resident qualified voters, who are not county or state officers, appointed for fouryear terms by the circuit court. In Rappahannock, electoral trustees named in JdTy by Judge Rayner V. Snead are C. E. “Ned” Johnson and Mrs. Christine Johnston, both of Sperryville,
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