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Bill Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal. Dismissal of teachers; grounds; incompetency.Removes receipt of one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluationsfrom the list of factors that "incompetency" may be construed toinclude for the purpose of establishing grounds for the dismissal of public school teachers. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 570 Virginia HB 570 (2020)
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Virginia HB 570 (2020) — Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.

Dismissal of teachers; grounds; incompetency.Removes receipt of one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluationsfrom the list of factors that "incompetency" may be construed toinclude for the purpose of establishing grounds for the dismissal of public school teachers.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB570ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB570) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB570H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — 5642 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) — 42 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 2218 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 5-N) — 85 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
  • Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
  • Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101537D introduction
  • 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB570)
  • 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
  • 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20105738D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB570H1)
  • 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20105738D-H1
  • 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB570H1
  • 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
  • 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) passage
  • 2020-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB570ER)
  • 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
  • 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
  • 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b7963e8-59a2-4000-b65d-ad25da265a19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).