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2013 SESSION
SB 934 Charter schools, public; allowed to designate whether employees will participate in VRS.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Charter schools; personnel. Allows public charter schools to designate in their application whether their employees will participate in the Virginia Retirement System. The bill directs the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System to develop procedures allowing school boards who approve such applications to exempt the charter school employees from participation. The bill also (i) requires at least 75 percent of public charter elementary school teachers to be licensed and at least 50 percent of public charter middle and high school teachers to be licensed and (ii) specifies that all teachers otherwise be "highly qualified," as defined by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101668D
- 01/07/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/17/13 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/31/13 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/31/13 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/13 Senate: Reported from Finance (8-Y 5-N 2-A)
- 02/04/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 1-A)
- 02/11/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/13 House: Read first time
- 02/11/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/13 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
- 02/11/13 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/18/13 House: Left in Appropriations