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2013 SESSION
HB 2151 Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated. The bill requires teachers, assistant principals, and principals to be evaluated every year, either formally or informally, and such evaluations to include student academic progress as a significant component and an overall summative rating. The bill allows local school boards to increase from three years to five years the term of probationary service required before a teacher becomes eligible for a continuing contract.
The bill also changes the grievance procedure for teachers by giving local school boards the option to assign a grievance hearing to be heard by an impartial hearing officer designated by the local school board and by removing the option for a grievance to be heard in front of a fact-finding panel. This bill is identical to SB 1223.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103687D pdf
- 01/21/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104176D-H1 pdf
- 02/15/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2151ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103687D
- 01/09/13 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/14/13 House: Assigned Education sub: Teachers and Admin. Action
- 01/17/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/13 House: Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104176D-H1
- 01/22/13 House: Read first time
- 01/23/13 House: Read second time
- 01/23/13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 13104176D-H1
- 01/23/13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2151H1
- 01/24/13 House: Read third time and passed House (84-Y 14-N)
- 01/24/13 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (84-Y 14-N)
- 01/25/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/13 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/08/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/13 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/11/13 Senate: Amendments by Senator Northam rejected (18-Y 22-N)
- 02/11/13 Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/15/13 House: Enrolled
- 02/15/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2151ER)
- 02/15/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/18/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)