Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 131 - REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA › Part V - School and Instructional Leadership › Section 8VAC20-131-240 - Administrative and support staff; staffing requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Each school shall have at a minimum the
				  staff as specified in the Standards of Quality with proper licenses and
				  endorsements for the positions they hold.
B. The principal of each middle and secondary
				  school shall be employed on a 12-month basis.
C. Each elementary, middle, and secondary
				  school shall employ school counseling staff as prescribed by the Standards of
				  Quality. School counseling shall be provided for students to ensure that a
				  program of studies contributing to the student's academic achievement and
				  meeting the graduation requirements specified in this chapter is being
				  followed.
D. Each member of the
				  school counseling staff in the counseling program for elementary, middle, and
				  secondary schools shall spend at least 80% of his staff time during normal
				  school hours in direct counseling of individual students or groups of
				  students.
E. A middle school
				  classroom teacher's standard load shall be based on teaching no more than the
				  instructional day minus one planning period per day or the equivalent with no
				  more than 150 students or 25 class periods per week. If a middle school
				  classroom teacher teaches more than 150 students or 25 class periods per week,
				  an appropriate contractual arrangement and compensation shall be
				  provided.
F. The secondary
				  classroom teacher's standard load shall be based on teaching no more than the
				  instructional day minus one planning period per day or the equivalent with no
				  more than 150 students or 25 class periods per week. If a secondary school
				  classroom teacher teaches more than 150 students or 25 class periods per week,
				  an appropriate contractual arrangement and compensation shall be
				  provided.
G. Middle or secondary
				  school teachers shall teach no more than 150 students per week; however,
				  physical education and music teachers may teach 200 students per week. If a
				  middle or secondary school physical education or music teacher teaches more
				  than 200 students per week, an appropriate contractual arrangement and
				  compensation shall be provided.
H.
				  Each elementary classroom teacher shall be provided at least an average of 30
				  minutes per day during the students' school week as planning time. Each
				  full-time middle and secondary classroom teacher shall be provided one planning
				  period per day or the equivalent, as defined in
				  8VAC20-131-5,
				  unencumbered of any teaching or supervisory duties.
I. Staff-student ratios in special education
				  and career and technical education classrooms shall comply with regulations of
				  the board.
J. Student support
				  positions as defined in the Standards of Quality shall be available as
				  necessary to promote academic achievement and to provide support services to
				  the students in the school.
Statutory Authority: § 22.1-253.13 of the Code of
						Virginia.