SB 728

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 07, 2020
  • Passed Senate Feb 11, 2020
  • House
  • Governor

Standards of Quality; work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors, clause.

Abstract

Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors; certain personnel positions and initiatives. Makes several changes to the Standards of Quality, including requiring the establishment of a unit in the Department of Education to oversee work-based learning statewide in Standard 1 and requiring the Board of Education to establish and oversee the local implementation of teacher leader and teacher mentor programs and the establishment of a unit in the Department of Education to oversee principal mentorship statewide in Standard 5. The bill also makes several changes relating to school personnel in Standard 2, including (i) establishing schoolwide ratios of students to teachers in certain schools with high concentrations of poverty and granting flexibility to provide compensation adjustments to teachers in such schools; (ii) requiring each school board to assign licensed personnel in a manner that provides an equitable distribution of experienced, effective teachers and other personnel among all schools in the local school division; (iii) requiring each school board to employ teacher leaders and teacher mentors at specified student-to-position ratios; (iv) requiring state funding in addition to basic aid to support at-risk students and granting flexibility in the use of such funds by school boards; (v) lowering the ratio of English language learner students to teachers; (vi) requiring each school board to employ reading specialists and establishing a student-to-position ratio for such specialists; (vii) requiring school boards to employ one full-time principal in each elementary school; (viii) lowering the ratio of students to assistant principals and school counselors in elementary, middle, and high schools; and (ix) requiring each school board to provide at least four specialized student support positions, including school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, and other licensed health and behavioral positions, per 1,000 students. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leadersand mentors; principal mentors; certain personnel positions and initiatives. Makesseveral changes to the Standards of Quality, including requiring the establishmentof a unit in the Department of Education to oversee work-based learningstatewide in Standard 1 and requiring the Board of Education to establish andoversee the local implementation of teacher leader and teacher mentor programsand the establishment of a unit in the Department of Education to overseeprincipal mentorship statewide in Standard 5. The bill also makes severalchanges relating to school personnel in Standard 2, including (i) establishingschoolwide ratios of students to teachers in certain schools with highconcentrations of poverty and granting flexibility to provide compensationadjustments to teachers in such schools; (ii) requiring each school board toassign licensed personnel in a manner that provides an equitable distributionof experienced, effective teachers and other personnel among all schools in thelocal school division; (iii) requiring each school board to employ teacherleaders and teacher mentors at specified student-to-position ratios; (iv)requiring state funding in addition to basic aid to support at-risk studentsand granting flexibility in the use of such funds by school boards; (v)lowering the ratio of English language learner students to teachers; (vi)requiring each school board to employ reading specialists and establishing astudent-to-position ratio for such specialists; (vii) requiring school boardsto employ one full-time principal in each elementary school; (viii) loweringthe ratio of students to assistant principals and school counselors in elementary,middle, and high schools; and (ix) requiring each school board to provide atleast four specialized student support positions, including school socialworkers, school psychologists, school nurses, and other licensed health andbehavioral positions, per 1,000 students.

Bill Sponsors (2)

Votes


Actions


Mar 03, 2020

House

Left in Appropriations

Feb 17, 2020

House

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

House

Reported from Education with amendment (15-Y 7-N)

Feb 14, 2020

House

Placed on Calendar

House

Referred to Committee on Education

House

Read first time

Feb 11, 2020

Senate

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB728E

Senate

Read second time

Senate

Reading of amendment waived

Senate

Committee amendment agreed to

Senate

Printed as engrossed 20102125D-E

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Senate

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

Senate

Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Senate

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 10, 2020

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)

Feb 06, 2020

Senate

Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Senate

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)

Jan 27, 2020

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB728)

Senate

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

Jan 07, 2020

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102125D

Senate

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Impact statement from DPB (SB728) HTML
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB728E HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Amendment: SB728AS HTML
Amendment: SB728AH HTML

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