VA SB457 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-02-04 - Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 11-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Charter schools; personnel. Allows public charter schools to designate in their applications whether their employees will participate in the Virginia Retirement System. The bill directs the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System to develop procedures allowing school boards that approve such applications to exempt the charter school employees from participation. The bill also (i) requires at least 75 percent of public charter elementary school teachers to be licensed and at least 50 percent of public charter middle and high school teachers to be licensed and (ii) specifies that all teachers otherwise be "highly qualified," as defined by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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Title

Charter schools; participation of personnel in Virginia Retirement System.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 11-N) (Y: 6 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 3-N) (Y: 10 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2014-02-04SenateFailed to report (defeated) in Finance (6-Y 11-N)
2014-01-16SenateRereferred to Finance
2014-01-16SenateReported from Education and Health (10-Y 3-N)
2014-01-07SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2014-01-07SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101816D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221212.13(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.8(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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