Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part II - Uniform Hiring of Teachers › Article 1 - Purpose › Section 8VAC20-440-160:1 - APPENDIX A.CONTRACT FORMS

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
THIS ARTICLE OF AGREEMENT, between the SCHOOL BOARD OF
						__________ Commonwealth of Virginia, ("School Board") and __________
						("Employee"). The School Board agrees to employ and the employee agrees to
						accept such employment in the position of __________ (administrator,
						supervisor, principal, teacher, librarian or other instructional staff) subject
						to the authority of the School Board, under the supervision and direction of
						the division superintendent of schools, and agrees to the following
						conditions:
1. The employee: (check
					 one)
___ holds a valid Virginia license issued by the Board of
						Education
___ has completed the requirements and has filed a
						complete application for a Virginia license
___ is eligible for a Virginia license and will file a
						complete application within 90 days of employment.
2. The services to be performed hereunder
					 shall begin on __________, 20___, and continue thereafter as prescribed by the
					 school board.
3. The employee shall
					 perform such pertinent duties during the period of this contract as are deemed
					 necessary by the school board and superintendent for the efficient and
					 successful operation of the school system.
4. The employee shall comply with all school
					 laws, Board of Education regulations, and all regulations made by the school
					 board in accordance with law and Board of Education regulations, and shall make
					 promptly and accurately all reports required by the division superintendent of
					 schools.
5. The employee agrees to
					 abide by the provisions of the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of
					 the United States.
6. The division
					 superintendent shall have authority to assign employees to their respective
					 positions in the school wherein they have been placed by the school board and
					 may, with the approval of the school board, reassign any employee to any school
					 within the division during the term of this contract; provided no change or
					 reassignment shall adversely affect the salary of the employee under this
					 contract.
7. The reassignments of
					 administrative or supervisory personnel to a teaching position shall be in
					 accordance with Section 22.1-294 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as
					 amended.
8. Before the
					 superintendent recommends to the school board the nonrenewal of the contract of
					 an employee who has not achieved continuing contract status, the superintendent
					 shall notify the employee of the proposed recommendation in accordance with
					 Section 22.1-304 of the Code.
9.
					 The school board, upon recommendation of the division superintendent, reserves
					 the right to dismiss, suspend, or place on probation the employee, paying for
					 services rendered in accordance with this agreement to date of
					 dismissal.
10. In case schools are
					 closed temporarily as a result of an epidemic or for other necessary cause, the
					 said board may require such loss of time to be made up within the school term
					 or may extend the school term.
11.
					 This contract shall not operate to prevent discontinuance of employment as
					 provided or allowed by law.
12. The
					 employee may request that the school board release the employee from the terms
					 of this contract by giving the school board two weeks notice in writing and
					 setting forth therein the reason considered just cause for resignation. In the
					 event the school board declines to grant the request for release from the
					 contract on the grounds of insufficient or unjustifiable cause, and the
					 employee breaches the contract, the school board may pursue remedies prescribed
					 by the Board of Education or other remedies consistent with law or
					 contract.
13. The school board
					 agrees to pay employee for the duration of this contract __________, payable:
(a) in ___ installments for services
					 rendered, payable by the first day of each calendar month or as soon thereafter
					 as possible.
or
(b) in accordance with schedule under
					 "Special Covenants."