TITLE 8. EDUCATION
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The
State Board of Education is claiming an exemption from Article 2 of the
Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4006 A 4 a of the Code
of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to conform to
changes in Virginia statutory law or the appropriation act where no agency
discretion is involved. The State Board of Education will receive, consider,
and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to
reconsideration or revision.
Title of Regulation: 8VAC20-441. Regulations
Governing the Employment of Professional Personnel (amending 8VAC20-441-50).
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code
of Virginia.
Effective Date: October 14, 2020.
Agency Contact: Patty Pitts, Assistant Superintendent
for Teacher Education and Licensure, Department of Education, P.O. Box 2120,
Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 371-2522, or email patty.pitts@doe.virginia.gov.
Summary:
Pursuant to Chapters 53 and 167 of the 2020 Acts of
Assembly, the amendments remove the option for local school boards to extend
the three-year probationary term of service for teachers by up to two
additional years.
8VAC20-441-50. Length of the probationary term for teacher.
A probationary term of full-time employment under an annual
contract for at least three years and, at the option of the local
school board, up to five consecutive years in the same school division is
required before a teacher is issued a continuing contract. Once continuing
contract status has been attained in a school division in the Commonwealth,
another probationary period as a teacher need not be served in any other school
division unless a probationary period not exceeding two years is made a part of
the contract of employment.
VA.R. Doc. No. R21-6464; Filed August 20, 2020, 11:54 a.m.