22.1-127 - Condemnation of land for school purposes; right of entry; location of school outside boundaries of school division. - Virginia Statutes

§ 22.1-127. Condemnation of land for school purposes; right of entry;location of school outside boundaries of school division.

A school board shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domainand may condemn land or other property or any interest or estate therein,including dwellings, yards, gardens or orchards, necessary for public schoolpurposes pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) ofTitle 25.1 and in the manner provided by Chapter 3 (§ 25.1-300 et seq.) ofTitle 25.1. To determine the suitability of the land for school purposes, aschool board shall have the same right of entry under the same conditions asa county, city, or town pursuant to § 25.1-203. A school board shall have noauthority to locate any school which was not begun prior to January 1, 1978,on property outside the boundaries of the school division unless the schoolboard first obtains the approval of the governing body of the county, city ortown in which a proposed school will be located.

(Code 1950, §§ 22-97, 22-149; 1952, c. 87; 1954, c. 291; 1959, Ex. Sess., c.79, § 1; 1966, c. 273; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1972, c. 549;1973, c. 186; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559; 1994, c. 786;2003, c. 940.)