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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public elementary & secondary school teachers; probationary term of service, performance evaluation."
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description: "Public elementary and secondary school teachers; probationary term of service; performance evaluation. Removes (i) the option for local school boards to extend the three-year probationary term of service for teachers by up to two additional years and (ii) the prohibition against school boards reemploying any teacher whose performance evaluation during the probationary term of service is unsatisfactory. This bill is identical to HB 365."
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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 98"
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citation: "Virginia SB 98 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-12-05"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb6a5cc3-23ca-43f1-8b73-34b44ee8b780"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB98"
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source_hash: "6cb0c8246633ced2bd03f902b772bd4cbb32acf2420ead0cc7dca5937bcda786"
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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 98 (2020) — Public elementary & secondary school teachers; probationary term of service, performance evaluation.
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Public elementary and secondary school teachers; probationary term of service; performance evaluation. Removes (i) the option for local school boards to extend the three-year probationary term of service for teachers by up to two additional years and (ii) the prohibition against school boards reemploying any teacher whose performance evaluation during the probationary term of service is unsatisfactory. This bill is identical to HB 365.
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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 (CHAP0167)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0167)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB98ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB98ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB98)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB98)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (65-Y 32-N) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102414D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB98)
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- **2020-01-09** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from Education and Health (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 and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
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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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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education (17-Y 5-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 (65-Y 32-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Passage (65-Y 32-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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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB98ER)
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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 167 (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/bb6a5cc3-23ca-43f1-8b73-34b44ee8b780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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