Commending the Honorable Mark Cole.
Del. Nick Freitas
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Sally Lamb.
Celebrating the life of Officer Michael D. Chandler.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable ArthurR. Giesen, Jr.
Commending George Mason University.
Certain school board employees; dismissal; grounds; continuing contract study; report. Prohibits school board employeeswho are not required to hold a valid license issued by the Boardof Education and public school teachers from being dismissed basedon a last-hired, first-fired dismissal policy or any other similarpolicy that mandates that, when considering more than one such employeefor dismissal, the seniority of each such employee shall be the soledeterminative factor in the dismissal decision. The bill also requiresthe Board of Education, the House Committee on Education, and theSenate Committee on Education and Health, in consultation with localschool boards, to study and make recommendations to the General Assemblyno later than November 1, 2022, regarding effective, alternativeways in which the performance of teachers may be evaluated for thepurpose of awarding or rescinding continuing contract status.
Department of Human Resource Management; repealcultural competency training. Repeals the requirement that theDepartment of Human Resource Management establish cultural competencytraining for state employees.
Public employees; independent bargaining.Permits independent bargaining by public employees who are employedby a county, city, or town that has adopted an ordinance or resolutionproviding for collective bargaining by public employees. The billprevents agreements between employee associations and employers fromapplying to employees who are not members of the association andstates that there shall be only one designated bargaining representativefor each collective bargaining unit in a county, city, or town thathas adopted an ordinance or resolution providing for collective bargainingby public employees.
Commending the King William High School footballteam.
Elections; conduct of election; ranked choicevoting; primaries for elected offices. Permits parties to decideto hold a primary for any office by ranked choice voting and changesfrom discretionary to mandatory the provision that the State Boardof Elections promulgate regulations for their proper and efficientadministration.