School boards; planning time & planning periods for elementary, middle, & high school teachers. (SB134)

Introduced By

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland) with support from co-patron Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

School boards; teachers; planning time and planning periods. Requires each local school board to ensure that each elementary school teacher has an average of one 45-minute period per school day of planning time and that each middle and high school teacher is provided an average of one planning period per school day or the equivalent, which shall be at least 45 minutes or one class period, whichever is longer. The bill permits local school boards and teachers to enter into an appropriate contractual arrangement providing for compensation in lieu of such planning time or period. Under current law, public elementary school teachers are guaranteed at least an average of 30 minutes of planning time per school day during a school week. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Read the Bill »

Status

02/04/2020: passed committee

History

Date	Action
12/18/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101401D
12/18/2019	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/07/2020	Impact statement from DPB (SB134)
01/09/2020	Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/09/2020	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/04/2020	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
02/04/2020	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2020	Read second time
02/06/2020	Reading of amendments waived
02/06/2020	Committee amendments agreed to
02/06/2020	Passed by for the day
02/07/2020	Read second time
02/07/2020	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB134E
02/07/2020	Printed as engrossed 20101401D-E
02/10/2020	Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2020	Placed on Calendar
02/13/2020	Read first time
02/13/2020	Referred to Committee on Education
02/17/2020	Reported from Education with amendment (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2020	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/17/2020	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
02/19/2020	Impact statement from DPB (SB134E)
02/19/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
02/21/2020	Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2020	Read second time
02/26/2020	Read third time
02/26/2020	Committee amendment agreed to
02/26/2020	Engrossed by House as amended
02/26/2020	Passed House with amendment (90-Y 9-N)
02/26/2020	VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2020	Passed by for the day