SB 167 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.

Summary

Dismissal of teachers; grounds; incompetency.Removes receipt of one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluationsfrom the list of factors that "incompetency" may be construed toinclude for the purpose of establishing grounds for the dismissalof public school teachers.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2019

Committee Review

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Jan 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Dec 19, 2019 Signed Mar 6, 2020

Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2020

How they voted

23–17

Passed

Total votes 40

Jan 28, 2020

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

2 Yea 17 Nay

89% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 6, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 20, 2020

Lower · Passed

Passed House (56-Y 42-N)

lower

Feb 17, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

Jan 28, 2020

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)

upper

Jan 27, 2020

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB167E

upper

Jan 27, 2020

Upper · Passed

Committee amendments agreed to

upper

Jan 27, 2020

Introduced

Reading of amendments waived

upper

Jan 23, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N)

upper

Jan 14, 2020

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Dec 19, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Dec 19, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102273D

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors