Bill Text: VA HB273 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: School boards; planning time and planning periods for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-12 - Failed to pass in House [HB273 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB273-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-291.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-291.1. Planning time and planning periods for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
Each school board shall ensure that all (i) each
elementary school teachers teacher in its employment are
is provided at least an average of 30 minutes one
45-minute period per school day during the students' school week
as planning time and (ii) each middle and high school teacher is provided
[ an average of ] one planning period per school day or the
equivalent, which shall be at least 45 minutes or one class period, whichever
is longer. Such planning time or planning period shall be unencumbered and
otherwise uninterrupted except in the case of the emergency need for classroom
support or another emergency situation, provided, however, that a school board
may offer and a teacher may agree to an appropriate contractual arrangement and
compensation in lieu of such planning time or planning period.
