Bill Text: VA SB343 | 2018 | Regular Session | Conference Sub

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Bill Title: School boards; permitted to employ certain individuals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0843) [SB343 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-SB343-Conference_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 343 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Joint Conference Committee on March 10, 2018) (Patrons Prior to Substitute--Senators Peake and Obenshain [SB 928]) A BILL to permit school boards to employ certain individuals.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of §22.1-296.1 of the Code of Virginia and consistent with the discretion granted to a school board pursuant to §22.1-307 of the Code of Virginia to retain an employee who is convicted of an offense subsequent to the employee's hiring, a school board may employ an individual who, at the time of the individual's hiring, has been convicted of a felony, provided that such individual (i) was employed in good standing by a school board on or before December 17, 2015; (ii) has been granted a simple pardon for such offense by the Governor or other appropriate authority; and (iii) has had his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority.