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My first piece of legislation has officially passed the House of Delegates and as with all freshman legislators, it was quite a circus. First, I will acquaint you with the legislation.
A few months back, both the Page County Board of Supervisors and the Page County School Board asked me to help with a little problem. Presently, school board members in Page are all elected at the same time. This poses the problem of a total loss of experience if all the board members should change as a result of retirements, election defeats or a combination thereof. They asked me to patron a bill that would assure that board members would have staggered terms, assuring that there could never be a wipe-out of experienced members in a single election. So, one of the first bills I introduced in my first session as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates was HB 783. It provides for a referendum in Page County for the upcoming November election. If passed by the Senate and signed into law by the governor, the exact language on the ballot will be: “Shall members of the County School Board be elected biennially for staggered four-year terms?” The bill goes on to explain that in the November 2007 election Districts 1 and 5 will be elected for two year terms and Districts 2, 3 and 4 for four
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