Virginia Senate Bill 438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2012 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-14 - Senate: Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and retained, including the replacement of continuing contract status with annual contract status for teachers and principals; a mandatory, two-year probationary status for teachers and principals; allowing termination of annual contracts for just cause; requiring that annual evaluations of teachers, principals, and superintendents include student academic progress as a significant factor; and requiring that force-reduction measures consider performance rather than seniority. The bill also defines the standard 10-month contract as 200 days, of which a minimum must be 180 days of instructional time. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013.

Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2012-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N) (Y: 18 N: 20 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2012-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 18-N) (Y: 19 N: 18 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2012-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		Senate: Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N)
2012-02-14		Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
2012-02-14		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 18-N)
2012-02-14		Senate: Passed by temporarily
2012-02-13		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB438S1
2012-02-13		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105095D-S1
2012-02-13		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-02-13		Senate: Read second time
2012-02-10		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2012-02-09		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105095D-S1
2012-02-09		Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
2012-01-25		Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2012-01-11		Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2012-01-11		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103767D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	293	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	294	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	295	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	297	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	298.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	299	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	299.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	305	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	305.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	309	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB438
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB438+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB438S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S04V0084+SB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0354SB0438+SB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0472SB0438+SB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0473SB0438+SB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0474SB0438+SB0438