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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2017

HJ 678: Study; directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study teaching profession.

Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the teaching profession in Virginia. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) evaluate all areas of teacher preparation programs in Virginia, including entry level positions, licensing and certifications, master teachers, school counselors, and administrators; (ii) identify the reasons teachers leave the profession; (iii) review the Department of Education's recent report to the General Assembly concerning teacher shortage disciplines for the 2016-2017 school year and project the shortage rates by subject areas for the next five years; (iv) determine whether disparities exist in compensation and benefits, work environment, turnover, and attrition by region of the Commonwealth and rank the regions where disparities and shortages are poorer; (v) compare the compensation, work environment, turnover, and attrition in Virginia with that of other states; (vi) evaluate current and innovative policies and programs that may contribute to improved student academic achievement and a strong teacher workforce implemented in Virginia and other states; and (vii) consider other issues and make recommendations that JLARC determines necessary for a thorough and comprehensive assessment of the teaching profession in the Commonwealth. JLARC must report its findings to the Governor and the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
Eileen Filler-Corn (D) · 2 co-sponsors
in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2017

HJ 698: Study; Department of Social Services; Commonwealth's child support enforcement system.

Requests the Department of Social Services to (i) analyze the efficiency of the Division of Child Support Enforcement's (DCSE) current child support enforcement processes and recommend strategies to improve such processes; (ii) identify trends regarding the aggregate amount of child support arrearages in the Commonwealth over the last four decades; (iii) identify the extent to which arrearages have been owed and not reduced for a period of 10 years or more; (iv) identify and examine commonly cited reasons for noncustodial parents' nonpayment of child support; and (v) explain any practices that DCSE uses or could use to (a) assist parents with lowering their child support payments and vacating excessive child support orders; (b) identify and intervene in cases in which child support is excessive; (c) eliminate the calculation of child support based on imputed income; (d) eliminate the imposition of child support through default judgments; (e) establish a network of low-cost and pro bono attorneys to assist parents; (f) recognize and credit the reasonable expenses of noncustodial parents; (g) eliminate the accrual of child support arrearages during periods of reduced employment, unemployment, or incarceration; (h) ensure that government attorneys engaged in child support establishment or enforcement comply with due process requirements; (i) make available nonidentifying information about DCSE's child support cases and caseload for research purposes; and (j) encourage and assist with two-parent physical and emotional support for children, rather than limiting focus to financial support.
Dave LaRock (R)
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