A school division is a geographic division over which a school board has jurisdiction. A board of education or a school Board or school committee is the title of the Board of directors of a school local School district
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Canada
In Canada the term is used to the area controlled by a school board and is used interchangeably with school district, including in the formal name of the board. School districts are a form of Special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools For example, see List of Alberta school boards. List of Alberta School boards Source Alberta Education Types Public Aspen View Regional Division No
United States
In the U.S. state of Virginia, the State Board of Education is charged under ยง 22.1-25 of the Code of Virginia with dividing the state into school divisions. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The Code of Virginia is the Statutory law of the US state of Virginia, and consists of the codified Legislation of the Virginia A school division is typically coextensive with a county or independent city, although it is also possible for a school division to comprise a city and a neighboring county (e. A county of the United States is a local level of government created as a subdivision of a state by the state government or by the federal or territorial government as a subdivision An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity g. , Williamsburg and James City County) or a single town (e. Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia James City County (formally the County of James City) is a county located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region of the A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan g. , West Point). West Point is an Incorporated town in King William County, Virginia, United States.
Although the term "school district" is popularly used, a school division in Virginia differs from a school district in most states in the following key respect. School districts are a form of Special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools Unlike school districts in most states, a Virginia school division is not a separate local government, but instead depends on appropriations and budget approvals from its associated general-purpose local government or governments (county, city, town). Local government in the United States is generally structured in accordance with the laws of the various individual states. Legally, it is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The political subdivisions of Virginia are the areas into which the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U
Virginia statute authorizes a school division to contract with a neighboring school division for school functions.
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This is a complete list of School divisions in the state of Virginia.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic