Virginia House Bill 1728 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Length of employment for certain temporarily employed teachers; short-term extension permitted. Provides that, notwithstanding the relevant provision of law that permits a school board to employ a temporarily employed teacher to fill a teacher vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 90 days during one school year unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis, during the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 school years, any school board may employ such a temporarily employed teacher to fill such a vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 180 days during one school year. The bill requires each such temporarily employed teacher to be at least 18 years of age and hold a high school diploma or have passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education but provides that no such teacher shall be required to be employed pursuant to a written contract or to hold a license issued by the Board of Education. Length of employment for certain temporarily employed teachers; short-term extension permitted. Provides that, notwithstanding the relevant provision of law that permits a school board to employ a temporarily employed teacher to fill a teacher vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 90 days during one school year unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis, during the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 school years, any school board may employ such a temporarily employed teacher to fill such a vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 180 days during one school year. The bill requires each such temporarily employed teacher to be at least 18 years of age and hold a high school diploma or have passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education but provides that no such teacher shall be required to be employed pursuant to a written contract or to hold a license issued by the Board of Education.

Teachers, certain temporarily employed; length of employment, short-term extension permitted.

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]

2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Education
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103569D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1728
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1728+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1728F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0903V0022+HB1728