School board employees; discipline, private reprimand.
Summary
Requires the Board of Education to include, in its regulations that prescribe the requirements for the licensure of teachers and other school personnel required to hold a license, procedures for the a written reprimand of such license holders. The bill permits the Board of Education to issue written reprimand to any such license holder who knowingly and willfully commits a certain enumerated act relating to secure mandatory tests administered to students. The only express disciplinary actions that are permissible under current law in such a scenario are suspension or revocation of such individual's license. The bill also permits a school board or division superintendent to issue a written reprimand to a teacher who breaches his employment contract after the school board or division superintendent declines to grant such teacher's request for release from such contract on the grounds of insufficient or unjustifiable cause. The only express disciplinary action that is permissible under current law in such a scenario is revocation of such teacher's license.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2019
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 15, 2019
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2325E
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 28, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101302D
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher P. Stolle
RRepublican
Co
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
Co
Eileen Filler-Corn
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn R. Davis
RRepublican
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Joe McNamara
RRepublican
Co
Keith Hodges
RRepublican
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