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HOUSE BILL NO. 325 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 1, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-307 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dismissal of teachers. ----------
Patrons-- Hamilton, Barlow, Crittenden and Diamonstein; Senators: Norment and Williams
---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-307 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-307. Dismissal, etc., of teacher; grounds.

Teachers may be dismissed or placed on probation for incompetency, immorality, noncompliance with school laws and regulations, disability as shown by competent medical evidence, conviction of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude or other good and just cause. No teacher shall be dismissed or placed on probation solely on the basis of the teacher's refusal to submit to a polygraph examination requested by the school board. For the purposes of this article, "incompetency" shall be construed to include [ , but shall not be limited to, ] performance that is documented through evaluation to be consistently less than satisfactory or to [ consistently ] fall below the standards set for the position.