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type: "Bill"
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title: "Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal."
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description: "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 dismissalof public school teachers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 167"
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citation: "Virginia SB 167 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-12-19"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f00b78-1a01-4086-9289-649bf9c89d4c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB167"
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source_hash: "64c167d5950b06839c4ca413fdd3d3ca02c7aad254d2a36fe6d2e357f62dc322"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 167 (2020) — Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.
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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 dismissalof public school teachers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0168)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB167ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB167ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB167E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB167E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB167)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB167)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102273D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-19** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB167)
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB167E
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- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20102273D-E
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB167E)
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** Passed House (56-Y 42-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB167ER)
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
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- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f00b78-1a01-4086-9289-649bf9c89d4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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