Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.
Del. Lee Ware
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Celebrating the life of Estelle Hunter McCadden.
Commending Melicia Brown.
Public school teachers; probationary term ofservice, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings. Permitseach school board to extend for up to two additional years the three-year probationary term of service that is required for each teacher inthe school division before the issuance of a continuing contractand prohibits each school board from reemploying a teacher whose performance evaluation during such probationary period is not satisfactory.The bill provides that, for the purpose of the dismissal of a teacherfor cause, the term "incompetency" may be construed to include consistentfailure to meet the endorsement requirements for the position orone or more unsatisfactory performance evaluations. The bill also eliminates the option for a school board to conduct a teacher dismissalhearing before a three-member fact-finding panel, requires each suchhearing to be set no later than 15 days after the request for thehearing, and reduces from 10 days to five days the minimum periodof advance written notice to the teacher of the time and place ofsuch hearing.
Commending Angels of Assisi.
Commending the Virginia Manufacturers Association.
Sales and use tax; agricultural exemptions.Provides a sales and use tax exemption for structural constructionmaterials and environmental control systems to be affixed or integratedinto a commercial greenhouse structure, so long as such materialsand equipment have been specially ordered to meet the specificationsof the commercial greenhouse operator. The bill applies to purchasesof such materials and equipment made on or after July 1, 2020.
Landfill siting; proximity to private wells.Prohibits the siting of a new municipal solid waste landfill within one mile upgradient of any existing private well.
United States Constitution; application fora convention of the states. Makes application to Congress tocall a convention of the states to propose amendments to the UnitedStates Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federalgovernment, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government,and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.
School principals; incident reports. Requiresthat school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to theparents of any minor student who is the specific object of such actthat the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under currentlaw, principals are required to make such reports only for such actsthat may constitute a felony offense.