Bill Text: VA HB1962 | 2015 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: School board members, local; professional development activities requirement.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 9-N) [HB1962 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-HB1962-Engrossed.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§22.1-77 and 22.1-253.13:5 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §22.1-77. Duties of clerk. The clerk of the school board shall keep in a separate volume
the minutes of the meetings of the school board, including all bids submitted
on any building, material, supplies, work, or project to be let to contract by
such school board, and in another volume a receipt and disbursement record as
prescribed by the Board of Education §22.1-253.13:5. Standard 5. Quality of classroom instruction and educational leadership. A. Each member of the Board of Education shall participate in high-quality professional development programs on personnel, curriculum and current issues in education as part of his service on the Board. B. Consistent with the finding that leadership is essential for the advancement of public education in the Commonwealth, teacher, principal, and superintendent evaluations shall be consistent with the performance standards included in the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents. Evaluations shall include student academic progress as a significant component and an overall summative rating. Teacher evaluations shall include regular observation and evidence that instruction is aligned with the school's curriculum. Evaluations shall include identification of areas of individual strengths and weaknesses and recommendations for appropriate professional activities. C. The Board of Education shall provide guidance on high-quality professional development for (i) teachers, principals, supervisors, division superintendents, and other school staff; (ii) principals, supervisors, and division superintendents in the evaluation and documentation of teacher and principal performance based on student academic progress and the skills and knowledge of such instructional or administrative personnel; (iii) school board members on personnel, curriculum and current issues in education; and (iv) programs in Braille for teachers of the blind and visually impaired, in cooperation with the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired. The Board shall also provide technical assistance on high-quality professional development to local school boards designed to ensure that all instructional personnel are proficient in the use of educational technology consistent with its comprehensive plan for educational technology. D. Each local school board shall require
In addition, each local school board [ ; in consultation
with the Department of Education as needed, ] shall also provide teachers
and principals with high-quality professional development programs each year in
(a) instructional content; (b) the preparation of tests and other assessment
measures; (c) methods for assessing the progress of individual students,
including Standards of Learning assessment materials or other
criterion-referenced tests that match locally developed objectives; (d)
instruction and remediation techniques in English, mathematics, science, and
history and social science; (e) interpreting test data for instructional
purposes; (f) technology applications to implement the Standards of Learning; [
2. That the Board of Education, in conjunction with the Virginia School Boards Association, shall establish criteria for the professional development and training of local school board members. At a minimum, such criteria shall (i) differentiate training requirements for newly elected or appointed members and members who have completed one or more years of service; (ii) set a process for approving providers of such training; (iii) include a model professional development framework that emphasizes the content areas specified in subsection D of §22.1-253.13:5 and identifies additional content areas critical to the effective supervision of schools; (iv) include a training needs assessment instrument for use by local school boards in assessing their particular training needs; and (v) specify a format for the annual certification required by subsection D of §22.1-253.13:5. 3. That the provisions of the first enactment clause of this act shall be effective July 1, 2016. |