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Chapter 15.

Teachers, Officers and Employees General Provisions Teacher compensation; biennial review required Compensation of public school employees called to active duty military service Board authorized to award teaching scholarship loans

Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program established; purpose; Board of Education to administer Program; eligibility requirements for scholarship and awards; collaboration and consultation with State Council of Higher Education; repayment of scholarship required

Traineeships for education of special education personnel Clinical faculty programs Teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff shortages; data (Expires July 1, 2028) Teacher Reengagement Program Planning time for public elementary school teachers; data on lunch breaks School counselors; staff time Notice of duty to report child abuse or neglect Bullying and abusive work environments prohibited Penalties on officers and teachers Violations related to secure mandatory tests Suspension or revocation of license for procuring, selling, or administering anabolic steroids

License may not be suspended solely on the basis of default or delinquency in payment of federal-guaranteed or state-guaranteed education loan or scholarship

Terms of Employment Generally

School boards authorized to employ principals and assistant principals; license required; powers and duties

Probationary terms of service for principals, assistant principals, and supervisors; evaluation; reassigning principal, assistant principal, or supervisor to teaching position

Employment of teachers Employee personnel files; maintenance of employee records; confidentiality of certain records Employment discrimination prohibited Payment of employees; reimbursement for private transportation; certain sick leave policies Data on convictions for certain crimes and child abuse and neglect required; penalty Fingerprinting required; reciprocity permitted Certain private school employees subject to fingerprinting and criminal records checks Child abuse and neglect data required Employment verification required Assignment of teachers, principals and assistant principals by superintendent (Expires July 1, 2030) Regulations governing licensure (Effective July 1, 2030) Regulations governing licensure Regulations governing education preparation programs (Contingent effective date — see note) Teacher employment data; education preparation programs Students with autism spectrum disorders; training required of personnel Teacher preparation programs; learning disabilities

Regulations governing licensure; endorsement in dual language instruction pre-kindergarten through grade six

Mental health awareness training Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency training Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; frequency (Expires July 1, 2030) License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions (Effective July 1, 2030) License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund Teach for America license Waiver of teacher licensure requirements; trade and industrial education programs Career and technical education; three-year licenses Microcredential program; certain STEM subjects (For Effective Date, See 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Microcredential program; reading specialists

Technical professional licenses; substitution of certain professional development activities for required coursework

Tuberculosis certificate Costs of medical examinations and of furnishing medical records

Written contracts required; execution of contracts; qualifications of temporarily employed teachers; rules and requirements

Probationary terms of service for teachers Immunity from civil liability for certain individuals

Reemployment of teacher who has not achieved continuing contract status; effect of continuing contract; resignation of teacher; reduction in number of teachers

Nonrenewal of contract of probationary teacher Mentor teacher programs The Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure Grievances; Dismissal, Etc., of Teachers Definitions Dismissal of teacher; grounds Grievance procedure

Notice to teacher of recommendation of dismissal; school board not to consider merits during notice; superintendent required to provide reasons for recommendation upon request