Virginia House Bill 1577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Teachers; probation and dismissal. Specifies that a Teachers; probation and dismissal. Specifies that a teacher may be placed on probation for incompetency, immorality, noncompliance with school laws and regulations, disability as shown by competent medical evidence when in compliance with federal law, conviction of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, or other good and just cause. The bill replaces the current condition constituting incompetency, for the purposes of teacher employment, of one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluations with the condition of more than one unsatisfactory performance evaluation or one unsatisfactory performance evaluation coupled with a finding by the division superintendent that the teacher (i) exhibited a pattern of poor performance or (ii) failed to respond to efforts to improve his performance. The bill extends from 10 business days to 15 business days the deadline for a teacher to request a hearing after receiving written notice of a recommendation of dismissal. The bill also staggers by 10 days (a) the opportunity for a teacher recommended for dismissal to inspect and copy his personnel file and all other documents relied upon in reaching the decision to recommend dismissal and (b) the opportunity for the division superintendent to inspect and copy the documents to be offered in rebuttal to the decision to recommend dismissal. The bill also extends from 15 business days to 30 business days the deadline for the school board or hearing officer to set a hearing after a request for a hearing by a teacher

Teachers; probation and dismissal.

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2018-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Education
2018-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2018-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 18101205D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	309	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	311	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	313	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1577
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1577+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0901V0036+HB1577