Source: https://www.legiscan.com/VA/text/HB2124/2019
Timestamp: 2019-06-18 01:33:56
Document Index: 340045702

Matched Legal Cases: ['§22', '§22', '§22', '§44', '§22', '§ 22']

Bill Text: VA HB2124 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered | LegiScan
Bill Text: VA HB2124 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Virginia House Bill 2124 (Adjourned Sine Die)
Bill Title: Length of school term; waiver for evacuation.
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644) [HB2124 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2124-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 644 An Act to amend and reenact §22.1-98 of the Code of Virginia, relating to length of school term; waiver for school closings resulting from evacuation. [H 2124] Approved March 19, 2019
1. That §22.1-98 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-98. Reduction of state aid when length of school term below 180 days or 990 hours.
2. "Severe weather conditions or other emergency situations" means those circumstances presenting a threat to the health or safety of students that result from severe weather conditions or other emergencies, including, but not limited to, natural and man-made disasters, energy shortages, or power failures.
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Board of Education shall waive the requirement that school divisions provide additional teaching days or teaching hours to compensate for school closings resulting from an evacuation directed and compelled by the Governor pursuant to §44-146.17 for up to five teaching days. If the local school board desires such a waiver, it shall notify the Board of Education and provide evidence of efforts that have been made by the school division to reschedule as many days as possible and certification by the division superintendent and chairman of the local school board that every reasonable effort for making up lost teaching days or teaching hours was exhausted. After receiving such notification, the Board shall grant the waiver and there shall be no proportionate reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund. Further, the local appropriations for educational purposes necessary to fund 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours shall not be proportionally reduced by any local governing body due to any reduction in the length of the term of any school or the schools in a school division permitted by such waiver.
F. G. If the professional personnel of any such school division actually render service for less than the contracted period for such school year and their compensation is reduced because of insufficient funds or other reason, the proportionate amount paid by the Commonwealth for the personnel component of the Basic School Aid Fund for such school year shall be reduced pro rata.
G. H. In developing the school calendar as provided for in §22.1-79.1, each local school board shall establish such calendars and teaching contracts in accordance with applicable regulations of the Board of Education to include contingencies for making up teaching days and teaching hours missed for emergency situations described in this section. Historical data shall be used to determine the needs of the locality including scheduled holidays and breaks and work days.
H. I. The Board of Education may authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve, in compliance with this section, reductions in the school term for a school or the schools in a school division without a proportionate reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund.
I. J. With the exception of the Basic School Aid Fund as provided for above, the Commonwealth shall not distribute funds to a locality for costs not incurred when the school term is reduced below 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours.
J. K. As part of the annual report required by § 22.1-81, the division superintendent and local school board chairman shall certify the total number of teaching days and teaching hours each year.