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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 390 - RULES GOVERNING DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS › Section 8VAC20-390-110 - Promotion of improvement and efficiency of school personnel; promotion of appreciation, etc. of education

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be the duty of superintendents to promote the
				  improvement and efficiency of teachers and other school personnel by all
				  appropriate methods. They shall also endeavor by all appropriate means to
				  promote an appreciation and desire for education among the
				  people.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-59, 22.1-60, and 22.1-70 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 410 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ALLOWABLE CREDIT FOR TEACHING EXPERIENCE › Section 8VAC20-410-10 - Teaching experience credit

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Credit for teaching experience may be allowed:
1. For teaching in public schools in the
				state and out of the state.
2. For
				teaching in accredited institutions of higher learning in and out of the
				state.
3. For teaching in schools
				operated in military installations, supported by federal tax funds, and for
				which academic credit is accepted for admission to the public schools of
				Virginia.
4. For teaching in public
				resident schools, such as the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind.
5. For teaching in accredited private schools
				and in private schools for which teachers receive credit under the provisions
				of the Virginia Retirement System.
Teachers in the field of vocational education, where the
				  requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship
				  level, may be allowed credit for one year of teaching experience for each two
				  years of work experience.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 420 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES OPERATED UNDER JOINT CONTRACT UNDER CONTROL OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OR BOARDS › Section 8VAC20-420-10 - Library personnel

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
All such persons employed in any public school library or
				  any library operated under joint contract between a school board or boards and
				  the trustees of a county or regional library system shall be under the
				  direction, supervision, and control of the local school board or
				  boards.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-8 and 42.1-34 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 8VAC20-440-10 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter
						shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise.
"Annual contract" means a contract between the employee
						and the local school board which sets forth the terms and conditions of
						employment for one school year.
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Education which has
						general supervision of the public school system.
"Breach of contract" means, for the purpose of this
						chapter, a teacher failing to honor a contract for the current or next school
						year without formal release from that contract from the local board. It does
						not include dismissal for cause.
"Coaching contract" means a separate contract between the
						employee and the local school board which includes responsibilities for an
						athletic coaching assignment.
"Continuing contract" means a contract between the
						employee who has satisfied the probationary term of service and the local
						school board.
"Current employer" means the local school board with
						which the teacher is currently under contract.
"Extracurricular activity sponsorship contract" means a
						separate contract between the employee and the local school board that includes
						responsibilities, for which a monetary supplement is received, for sponsorship
						of any student organizations, clubs, or groups, such as service clubs, academic
						clubs and teams, cheerleading squads, student publication and literary groups,
						and visual and performing arts organizations except those that are conducted in
						conjunction with regular classroom, curriculum, or instructional
						programs.
"Next school year" means the school year immediately
						following the current contract year.
"Principal" means a person (i) who is regularly employed
						full time as a principal or assistant principal, and (ii) who holds a valid
						teaching license issued by the board.
"Prospective employer" means the division in which
						application for employment is made.
"Supervisor" means a person (i) who is regularly employed
						full time in a supervisory capacity, and (ii) who is required by the board to
						hold a license to be employed in that position.
"Teacher" means a person (i) who is regularly employed
						full time as a teacher, visiting teacher/school social worker, guidance
						counselor, or librarian, and (ii) who holds a valid teaching
						license.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 2 - Contracts, Generally › Section 8VAC20-440-20 - Contractual period defined

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The local school board shall define the length of the
						contract period for each employee. A 10-month contractual period is defined to
						include 200 days as follows:
1. One
					 hundred and eighty teaching days or 990 instructional hours (minimum required
					 by law);
2. Ten days for activities
					 such as teaching, planning for the opening of school, evaluation, completing
					 records and reports incident to the closing of each semester or school year,
					 committee assignments, and conferences;
3. Ten days for a continuation of activities
					 under subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section, and such other activities as may be
					 assigned or approved by the local school board.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the Code
						  of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 2 - Contracts, Generally › Section 8VAC20-440-30 - Contract to be in writing

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The contract must be in writing. The local school board
						may utilize prototypes of contract forms provided by the board, as shown in
						Appendix A, or may choose to develop its own contracts, but in so doing must
						ensure that the essential elements set forth in Appendix B of this chapter are
						included.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the Code
						  of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 3 - Annual Contracts, Probationary Period › Section 8VAC20-440-40 - Length of the probationary term

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A probationary term of full-time employment under an
						annual contract for three years in the same school division is required prior
						to the issuance of a continuing contract. When continuing contract status has
						been attained in a school division in the state, another probationary period
						need not be served in any other school division unless a probationary period
						not exceeding one year is made a part of the contract of
						employment.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the Code
						  of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 3 - Annual Contracts, Probationary Period › Section 8VAC20-440-50 - Calculating term for first year of teaching

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of calculating the three years of
						service required to attain continuing contract status, at least 160 contractual
						teaching days during the school year shall be deemed the equivalent of one year
						in the first year of service by the teacher.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the
						  Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 3 - Annual Contracts, Probationary Period › Section 8VAC20-440-60 - Probationary period for principal or supervisor

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A person employed as a principal or supervisor,
						including a person who has previously achieved continuing contract status as a
						teacher, shall serve three years in such position in the same school division
						before acquiring continuing contract status as a principal or
						supervisor.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the
						  Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 3 - Annual Contracts, Probationary Period › Section 8VAC20-440-70 - Probationary period when employee separates from service

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
If a teacher, principal, or supervisor separates from
						service during his probationary period and does not return to service in the
						same school division by the beginning of the year following the year of
						separation, such person shall be required to begin a new probationary
						period.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the
						  Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 3 - Annual Contracts, Probationary Period › Section 8VAC20-440-80 - Effect of service outside the Virginia system

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Teaching service outside of the Virginia public school
						system shall not be counted as meeting in whole or in part the required
						probationary term.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the Code
						  of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 4 - Continuing Contracts › Section 8VAC20-440-90 - Eligibility for continuing contract

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Only persons regularly employed full time by a school
						board who hold a valid license as teachers, principals, or supervisors shall be
						eligible for continuing contract status.
Any teacher hired on or after July 1, 2001, shall be
						required, as a condition of achieving continuing contract status, to have
						successfully completed training in instructional strategies and techniques for
						intervention for or remediation of students who fail or are at risk of failing
						the Standards of Learning assessments. Local school divisions shall be required
						to provide said training at no cost to teachers employed in their division. In
						the event a local school division fails to offer said training in a timely
						manner, no teacher will be denied continuing contract status for failure to
						obtain such training.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 4 - Continuing Contracts › Section 8VAC20-440-100 - Continuing contract status when employee separates from service

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
If a teacher who has attained continuing contract status
						separates from service and does not return to teaching in Virginia public
						schools for a period longer than two years, such person shall be required to
						begin a new three-year probationary period.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the Code
						  of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 5 - Coaching and Extracurricular Activity Sponsorship Contracts › Section 8VAC20-440-110 - Contract to be separate and apart from annual or continuing contract

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The coaching contract or extracurricular activity
						sponsorship contract shall be separate and apart from the annual or continuing
						contract and termination of the contract shall not constitute cause for the
						termination of the annual or continuing contract.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 440 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Part I - Contractual Agreements › Article 5 - Coaching and Extracurricular Activity Sponsorship Contracts › Section 8VAC20-440-120 - Termination notice required

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The coaching contract or extracurricular activity
						sponsorship contract shall require the party intending to terminate the
						contract to give reasonable notice to the other party prior to the effective
						date of the termination.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
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 8VAC20-440-130 - Purpose of a uniform hiring process

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The goal for regulations for uniform hiring of teachers
						is to establish a calendar for hiring that is compatible with the dates budgets
						are completed by local governing bodies. The calendar dates, which are embodied
						in the three-phase employment process, establish minimum time frames to
						accommodate the local hiring process, offer local flexibility in including
						contract terms to cover unique needs and practices of the locality, and offer
						professional mobility for teachers.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-302 and 22.1-304 of the Code
						  of Virginia.
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 8VAC20-440-140 - Phase One of the three-phase employment process

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Phase One covers employment sought for the
					 next school year and covers the period from the beginning of the current school
					 year to the close of business on April 14 of the current school year, unless
					 otherwise provided by § 22.1-304 of the Code of Virginia. The end of the
					 phase on April 14 corresponds to the provisions of § 22.1-304 of the Code
					 of Virginia allowing written notice of noncontinuation of contract by April 15.
					 If April 14 ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the end of Phase One
					 will be the last administrative working day prior to the Saturday, Sunday, or
					 legal holiday.
B. During Phase One,
					 a teacher may apply and be interviewed for employment for the next school year
					 in other school divisions without notice to or permission from the division
					 where he is currently employed.
C.
					 During Phase One, a teacher accepting employment in another division for the
					 next school year must resign by giving written notice to the current employer.
					 The notice should specify that the resignation is applicable for the next
					 school year only.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
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 8VAC20-440-150 - Phase Two of the three-phase employment process

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A. Phase Two begins on April 15 and ends on
					 May 31 or the date the teacher contract is final, whichever is later, unless
					 otherwise provided by § 22.1-304 of the Code of Virginia. The contract is
					 final when the date of signature and, at a minimum, the salary terms are
					 finally known.
B. During Phase Two,
					 teachers, whether probationary or continuing contract, may seek employment and
					 file applications for the next school year with other school divisions.
					 Teachers may seek employment during this phase without notification to the
					 current employer.
C. During Phase
					 Two, the prospective employer may offer a contract without proof of release
					 from contract from the current employer. The teacher must obtain a written
					 release from the contract with the current employer prior to signing a contract
					 with the prospective employer. Releases should be liberally granted during this
					 phase.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
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 - Phase Three of the three-phase employment process

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A. Phase Three begins on June 1 or the date
					 the salary is finally set by the local school board, whichever occurs later. In
					 Phase Three, the contract is a firm and binding obligation on the teacher and
					 the school division.
B. During
					 Phase Three, teachers may seek employment and file applications for the next
					 school year with other school divisions; however, a prospective employer should
					 not offer a contract to any teacher during Phase Three until the teacher has
					 secured a written release from the contract with the current employer, and a
					 teacher should not accept a contract until a written release has been
					 secured.
C. A current employer, at
					 its discretion, may release a teacher from the contract. The employer should
					 release teachers for good cause.
D.
					 Good cause is determined by the local school board. It should reflect a
					 consideration of all the factors affecting both the employee and the school
					 board. Factors in determining good cause may include the employee's reason for
					 leaving, contractual terms and agreements, and the overall effect of the
					 resignation on the employee and the school division.
E. In the event that a local board declines
					 to grant a request for release from a contract on the grounds of insufficient
					 or unjustifiable cause, and the teacher breaches the contract, the current
					 employer may pursue remedies prescribed by the Board of Education or other
					 remedies consistent with law or contract. Such remedies could include filing a
					 petition with the Board of Education setting forth all the facts in the case
					 and requesting that the teacher's license be suspended or applying other
					 remedies appropriate under law or contract.
F. If the Board of Education receives a
					 petition from a local school board for action on the license of a teacher who
					 has breached the present contract by accepting a contract with another school
					 board within the Commonwealth, the Board of Education may require a full
					 written report or request an appropriate representative from the hiring school
					 board to appear before the Board of Education to explain the circumstances that
					 led to the hiring decision, or both, before the Board considers any petition
					 for action on the license of such teacher.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-20 - Conditions of employment (fingerprinting, Department of Social Services Registry search, licensure)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				Applicants who are offered or accept employment must comply with the
				fingerprinting provisions contained in §
									22.1-296.2
				of the Code of Virginia.
B.
				Applicants who are offered or accept employment requiring direct contact with
				students must satisfy the requirements of §
									22.1-296.4
				of the Code of Virginia and provide written consent and the personal
				information necessary for the school board to obtain a search of the registry
				of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the Department
				of Social Services pursuant to §
									63.2-1515
				of the Code of Virginia.
C.
				Additional Code of Virginia references for conditions for licensure include
				§§
									22.1-295,
				22.1-298.1,
				and
				22.1-299,
				of the Code of Virginia.
D.
				Principals and assistant principals are to be licensed in accordance with
				§
									22.1-293
				of the Code of Virginia.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-30 - Contractual period defined

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The local school board shall define the length of the
				  contract period for each employee. A standard 10-month contract for a teacher
				  shall include 200 days, including:
1.
				180 teaching days or 990 instructional hours (minimum required by law);
				and
2. Up to 20 days for activities
				such as teaching, participating in professional development, planning,
				evaluating, completing records and reports, participating on committees or in
				conferences, or such other activities as may be assigned or approved by the
				local school board.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-40 - Annual and continuing contract to be in writing

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Annual and continuing contracts with teachers, assistant
				  principals, principals, and supervisors must be in writing. The local school
				  board may utilize prototypes of contract forms provided by the board or may
				  choose to develop its own contracts, but in so doing must ensure that the
				  essential elements set forth in
				  8VAC20-441-140 are
				  included.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-50 - Length of the probationary term for teacher

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A probationary term of full-time employment under an annual
				  contract for three years in the same school division is required before a
				  teacher is issued a continuing contract. Once continuing contract status has
				  been attained in a school division in the Commonwealth, another probationary
				  period as a teacher need not be served in any other school division unless a
				  probationary period not exceeding two years is made a part of the contract of
				  employment.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-60 - Calculating term for first year of teaching

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of calculating the years of service required
				  to attain continuing contract status, at least 160 contractual teaching days
				  during the school year shall be deemed the equivalent of one year in the first
				  year of service by the teacher.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-70 - Probationary period for principal or supervisor

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A person employed as a principal, assistant principal, or
				  supervisor, including a person who has previously achieved continuing contract
				  status as a teacher, shall serve a probationary term of three consecutive years
				  in such position in the same school division before acquiring continuing
				  contract status as a principal, assistant principal, or
				  supervisor.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-80 - Probationary period when employee separates from service

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
If a teacher, principal, assistant principal, or supervisor
				  separates from service during his probationary period and does not return to
				  service in the same school division by the beginning of the year following the
				  year of separation, such person shall be required to begin a new probationary
				  period.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-90 - Effect of service outside the Virginia system

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Teaching service outside of the Virginia public school system
				  shall not be counted as meeting in whole or in part the required probationary
				  term.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-100 - Eligibility for continuing contract

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Only persons regularly employed full time
				by a school board who hold a valid license as teachers, assistant principals,
				principals, or supervisors shall be eligible for continuing contract
				status.
B. Any teacher hired on or
				after July 1, 2001, shall be required, as a condition of achieving continuing
				contract status, to have successfully completed training in instructional
				strategies and techniques for intervention for or remediation of students who
				fail or are at risk of failing the Standards of Learning assessments. Local
				school divisions shall be required to provide such training at no cost to
				teachers employed in their division. In the event a local school division fails
				to offer such training in a timely manner, no teacher will be denied continuing
				contract status for failure to obtain such training.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-110 - Continuing contract status when employee separates from service

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
When a teacher has attained continuing contract status in a
				  school division in the Commonwealth, and separates from and returns to teaching
				  service in a school division in Virginia by the beginning of the third year,
				  such teacher shall be required to serve a probationary period not to exceed two
				  years if such probationary period is made part of the contract for employment.
				  If a teacher who has attained continuing contract status separates from service
				  and does not return to teaching in Virginia public schools by the beginning of
				  the third year, such teacher shall be required to begin a new probationary
				  period.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-120 - Contract to be separate and apart from annual or continuing contract

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The coaching contract or extracurricular activity sponsorship
				  contract with a teacher shall be separate and apart from the teacher's annual
				  or continuing contract, and termination of the coaching or extracurricular
				  activity sponsorship contract shall not constitute cause for the termination of
				  the annual or continuing contract.
For the purposes of this chapter, "extracurricular activity
				  sponsorship" means an assignment for which a monetary supplement is received,
				  requiring responsibility for any student organizations, clubs, or groups, such
				  as service clubs, academic clubs and teams, cheerleading squads, student
				  publication and literary groups, and visual and performing arts organizations
				  except those that are conducted in conjunction with regular classroom,
				  curriculum, or instructional programs.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-130 - Termination notice required

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The coaching contract or extracurricular activity sponsorship
				  contract shall require the party intending to terminate the contract to give
				  reasonable notice to the other party prior to the effective date of the
				  termination.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-140 - Listing of essential contract elements

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A. The list of essential contract elements
				can be used by certain local school divisions who prefer to develop contracts
				specific to their circumstances or situations. This list of essential elements
				is provided as an alternative to the formal prototypes available.
B. Annual contracts. Any annual contract for
				professional personnel shall, to the maximum extent possible, be written in
				clear and concise language easily understood by all parties, and include, at a
				minimum, the following provisions:
1. A
				statement identifying the names and titles of the parties to the
				contract.
2. A statement of the
				licensure requirements for the position or options thereto.
3. A statement of the beginning date of
				service, the term, and the effective date of the contract.
4. A statement of the duties to be performed
				under the contract.
5. A statement
				of expectations of the employee with regard to compliance with local, state, or
				federal statutes, regulations and constitutional provisions.
6. A statement of the provisions concerning
				assignment, reassignment, termination, suspension, probation, or resignation of
				the employee, and mutual termination of the contract.
7. A statement of the penalties for the
				employee's failure to comply with the terms of the contract.
8. A statement identifying the school
				term.
9. A statement of the
				conditions under which the school term [ or ] contract may be
				extended.
10. A statement of the
				amount of compensation due the employee and the method of payment.
11. A statement of special covenants mutually
				agreed upon by the employer and employee which form a basis for the
				contract.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Form - FORMS (8VAC20-441)

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Annual
				  Form - Contract with Professional Personnel (eff. 1/2017)
Continuing
				  Form Contract with Professional Personnel (eff. 1/2017)
Athletic
				  Coaching Contract with School Personnel (eff. 1/2017)
Extracurricular
				  Activity Sponsorship Contract with School Personnel (eff.
				  1/2017)
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 450 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 8VAC20-450-10 - Purpose

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Local school authorities shall develop continuing in-service
				  training programs in accordance with the provision of the Standards of Quality,
				  as follows:
Each school division shall provide a program of personnel
				  development for instructional personnel. This program shall be designed to help
				  all personnel increase proficiency in performing responsibilities.
Underlying the Standards of Quality is the desire that local
				  school divisions will provide in-service and staff development activities
				  consistent with locally identified needs. Planning shall include representation
				  of professional personnel. Such activities may include in-school staff
				  development endeavors, classes with college credit, classes without college
				  credit, or other activities which the school division determines to be
				  appropriate for the needs of staff.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-8 and 22.1-253.13:5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 450 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 8VAC20-450-20 - Classes with college credit

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The division superintendent of schools may:
1. Organize classes within the division on a
				regular basis;
2. Arrange with
				state institutions of higher learning to provide instructors for such classes,
				which will involve semester hours credit; and
3. Select and enroll instructional personnel
				who must be under a teaching contract with the participating school boards.
The selection of a participant should be based on the
				  superintendent's belief that completion of such a course will improve the
				  quality of instruction in the specific instructional assignment for which the
				  participant is employed.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-8 and 22.1-253.13:5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 450 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 8VAC20-450-30 - Program (noncollege credit) administered by school divisions

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School divisions are encouraged to design and develop
				  programs to meet the objectives of the Standards of Quality established by the
				  General Assembly and to meet special needs of the local educational program.
				  The primary objective of the noncollege credit program shall be to increase
				  proficiency of instructional personnel in performing assigned tasks. These
				  programs, with prior approval of the Department of Education, will be accepted
				  for partial fullfillment of certification renewal requirements. One hour credit
				  necessitates a minimum of 16 contact hours. Noncollege credit programs may not
				  be substituted for college credit courses needed to meet specific course
				  requirements for certificate endorsement.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-8 and 22.1-253.13:5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 450 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 8VAC20-450-40 - Criteria for program approval

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Applications for approval for these programs shall be
				  submitted on forms provided by the Department of Education to include the
				  following:
1. Documentation of areas
				of need for in-service programs;
2.
				Objectives for the program;
3.
				Number of teachers involved in the program;
4. Description of training plans;
5. Plans for program evaluation;
				and
6. Names and qualifications of
				instructors or consultants.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-8 and 22.1-253.13:5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 450 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 8VAC20-450-50 - Use of in-service certification

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Certification renewal credit earned under these programs
				  (noncollege credit) shall not constitute more than three of the six semester
				  hours' credit required for certificate renewal. College credit courses taken
				  for certificate renewal shall be taken at a senior institution unless a new
				  endorsement is sought. Courses taken for certification deficiency purposes may
				  be taken at a two-year or four-year institution. Underlying certificate renewal
				  is the assumption that courses taken shall be at or beyond the level at which
				  previous work was completed.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-8 and 22.1-253.13:5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 460 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR TEACHERS › Section 8VAC20-460-10 - Allowances

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Allowances shall be as follows:
1. Each full-time teacher in the public free
				schools shall earn a minimum of 10 days each year.
2. Earnings for less than a full year of
				full-time employment shall be at the rate of one day per month, or major
				fraction thereof. This provision applies to teachers who do not begin teaching
				at the start of the school term and to those who do not complete the full
				year.
3. A teacher cannot claim any
				portion of earned leave unless he or she has actually reported for duty for the
				regular school term in accordance with the terms of the teacher's contract. If
				a teacher is unable, because of illness, to begin teaching when school opens in
				the fall, such teacher may be allowed to use accumulated leave not to exceed
				the balance credited to him or her as of June 30 of the immediate preceding
				school year.
4. School boards may,
				by resolution, permit teachers to anticipate sick leave earnings for the
				current school year, provided adequate provision is made for a refund in the
				event the teacher terminates employment before such credit is earned.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 460 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR TEACHERS › Section 8VAC20-460-20 - Accumulating sick leave

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Sick leave, if not used, may accumulate to a minimum of 90
				  days.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 460 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR TEACHERS › Section 8VAC20-460-30 - When substitute employed

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When a substitute has to be employed, such leave shall be
				  allowed for personal illness, including quarantine, or illness or death in the
				  immediate family requiring the attendance of the employee for not more than
				  three days in any one case, unless the local school board by resolution wishes
				  to allow an extension.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 460 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR TEACHERS › Section 8VAC20-460-40 - "Immediate family" defined

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The "immediate family" of an employee shall be interpreted
				  to include natural parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, stepmother,
				  stepfather, wife, husband, children, brother, sister, father-in-law,
				  mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and
				  any other relative living in the household of the teacher ("any other relative
				  living in a household of a teacher" is limited only in that the relative,
				  however distant, must live in the household of a teacher).
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 460 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR TEACHERS › Section 8VAC20-460-50 - Termination of accumulative sick leave; transfer of sick leave; when teacher presumed to have left teaching profession

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All accumulated sick leave shall terminate, except as
				  defined below, upon the expiration of employment as a teacher. A teacher may
				  transfer from one school system to another in Virginia and also may transfer
				  any accumulated leave if the school board of the system to which the transfer
				  is being made signifies its willingness to accept such transfer.
A teacher will be presumed to have left the teaching
				  profession if he or she accepts employment other than in the public school
				  system of Virginia, or is unable to teach in the public schools of Virginia for
				  a period of three consecutive years because of illness or physical disability
				  or family responsibilities. Teachers who leave the teaching profession to enter
				  the armed services do not forfeit accumulated earnings unless they fail to
				  return to the teaching profession immediately upon discharge from an original
				  tour of duty in the armed services.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 460 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR TEACHERS › Section 8VAC20-460-60 - Local supplementary regulations

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Local school boards may adopt supplementary rules and
				  regulations, not in conflict with this chapter, and, in the discretion of the
				  local board, such local regulations may provide for the submission of a
				  doctor's certificate in case of absence due to illness.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 490 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SCHOOL BOARDS LOCAL › Section 8VAC20-490-10 - Familiarity with and implementation of school laws and regulations

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It is the duty of all school officials to acquaint
				  themselves with the school laws and regulations and to see that they are
				  implemented.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-17, 22.1-81, 22.1-253.13:1
					 through 22.1-253.13:8, 22.1-299, and 22.1-302 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 490 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING SCHOOL BOARDS LOCAL › Section 8VAC20-490-20 - Teacher contracts

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The school board shall enter into written agreements with
				  teachers before they begin their duties, but no teacher may be employed or paid
				  from public funds who is not certified to teach in the public schools of
				  Virginia. Contracts with teachers shall be executed on behalf of the board by
				  the chairman and the clerk.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-17, 22.1-81, 22.1-253.13:1
					 through 22.1-253.13:8, 22.1-299, and 22.1-302 of the Code of Virginia.