VirginiaPublic elementary & secondary school teachers; certain training activities, requirements, etc.
What it does
Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; requirements and limitations. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school teacher from being required to participate in any non-academic training activity, as that term is defined in the bill, more frequently than once within six months of employment with the applicable school board and once every five years thereafter, except in the case of certain training relating to secure mandatory test violations upon determination by the school board or division superintendent that additional training is necessary. The bill also provides that the total frequency and duration of non-academic training activities in which each such teacher is required to participate pursuant to state law or regulation or policy or regulation of the applicable school board shall not exceed 25 hours every five years.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 822.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)Latest
- Mar 24Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 477 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1626)
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1626ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 21Conference substitute printed 25107857D-H2
- Feb 21Amended by conference committee
- Feb 20Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Craig
- Vote recorded Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N). Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 20House acceded to request
- Feb 20Delegates: Thomas, Simonds, Cherry
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 20Senate requested conference committeeMinor
- Feb 20Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 20Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 20Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Feb 20Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 20Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- Feb 20Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 20Read third timeMinor
- Feb 19Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 17Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1626)
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25107243D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Jan 29Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 28Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 27Education Substitute agreed to
- Jan 27Read second timeMinor
- Jan 24Read first timeMinor
- Jan 22Committee substitute printed 25104836D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1626)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Jan 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1626)
- Jan 10Assigned Educ sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102022DIntroduced