Bill Text: VA HB2457 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Public elementary and secondary school teachers; temporary employment, training activities, report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641) [HB2457 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB2457-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-298.8 as follows:
§22.1-298.8. Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; frequency.
No public elementary or secondary school teacher shall be required to participate more frequently than once every five years in any training described in clause (iii) of subsection A of §22.1-279.6 or relating to secure mandatory test violations as set forth in §§22.1-19.1 and 22.1-292.1, unless the school board or division superintendent determines that additional training is necessary to comply with federal or state law or to remediate misconduct. Each such teacher who completes any such training shall sign a written attestation that the teacher has been trained in and understands the relevant subject matter.
2. That each local school board shall report to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2023, on the frequency with which each public elementary and secondary school teacher in the local school division participates in each required training or professional development activity.
3. That notwithstanding the provisions of §22.1-302 of the Code of Virginia that permit 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.
