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2020 SESSION
20102061DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-291.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-291.1. Planning time and planning periods for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
Each school board shall ensure that all (i) each
elementary school teachers teacher in its employment are is
provided at least an average of 30 minutes one
45-minute period per school day during the students' school week
as planning time and (ii) each
middle and high school teacher is provided one planning period per school day or the
equivalent, which shall be at least 45 minutes or one class period, whichever
is longer. Such planning time or planning period shall be
unencumbered and otherwise uninterrupted
except in the case of the emergency need for classroom support or another
emergency situation, provided, however, that a school board may offer and a
teacher may agree to an appropriate contractual arrangement and compensation in
lieu of such planning time or planning period.