HB420: Teachers; model exit questionnaire, statewide implementation.

HOUSE BILL NO. 420

Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 5, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-23.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the model exit questionnaire for teachers; statewide implementation.
Patron-- Turpin

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-23.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-23.1. Model exit questionnaire for teachers.

The Department of Education (the Department) shall develop and oversee a pilot program to Each local school board shall administer across five geographically and demographically diverse school divisions the model exit questionnaire for teachers developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (the Superintendent) pursuant to § 22.1-23, analyze the results of each such questionnaire, and include such results and analysis in the Superintendent's annual report beginning in 2018. The Department shall (i) administer such questionnaire to each teacher who ceases to be employed by the relevant school board in the school division for any reason and (ii) shall collect, maintain, and report on the results of each such questionnaire in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of each teacher's name and other personally identifying information.