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| Bill | Teacher grievance procedures; hearing, three-member fact-finding panel. | Teacher grievance procedures; hearing; three-member fact-finding panel. Permits a school board to conduct a teacher grievance hearing before a three-member fact-finding panel consisting of one member selected by the teacher, one member selected by the division superintendent, and an impartial hearing officer selected by the other two panel members to serve as the chairman of the panel. Under current law, the school board has the option of appointing a hearing officer or conducting such hearing itself. The bill also removes the requirement that a teacher grievance hearing be set within 15 days of the request for such hearing and extends from five days to 10 days the minimum period of advanced written notice to the teacher of the time and place of such hearing. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 377 | Virginia SB 377 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 377 (2020) — Teacher grievance procedures; hearing, three-member fact-finding panel.
Teacher grievance procedures; hearing; three-member fact-finding panel. Permits a school board to conduct a teacher grievance hearing before a three-member fact-finding panel consisting of one member selected by the teacher, one member selected by the division superintendent, and an impartial hearing officer selected by the other two panel members to serve as the chairman of the panel. Under current law, the school board has the option of appointing a hearing officer or conducting such hearing itself. The bill also removes the requirement that a teacher grievance hearing be set within 15 days of the request for such hearing and extends from five days to 10 days the minimum period of advanced written notice to the teacher of the time and place of such hearing.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0875) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB377ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB377) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 55–44 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102620D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB377)
- 2020-01-23 Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2020-02-07 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed House (56-Y 44-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
- 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB377ER)
- 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 875 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c1c39d5-8bbf-478d-b538-8b2861062791. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).