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Any personnel not employed by the local school board shall remain subject to the provisions of §§ 22.1-296.1, 22.1-296.2, and 22.1-296.4.B\n\nProfessional, licensed education personnel may volunteer for assignment to a public charter school. Assignment in a public charter school shall be for one contract year. Upon request of the employee and the recommendation of the management committee of the public charter school, reassignment to the public charter school shall occur on an annual basis.C\n\nAt the completion of each contract year, professional, licensed education personnel who request assignment to a public noncharter school in the relevant school division or who are not recommended for reassignment in the public charter school, other than for the grounds cited in § 22.1-307, shall be guaranteed an involuntary transfer to a public noncharter school in the school division according to the employment policies of the school division.D\n\nProfessional, licensed personnel of a public charter school shall be granted the same employment benefits given to professional, licensed personnel in public noncharter schools in accordance with the policies of the relevant school board or boards.E\n\nSchool boards may employ such health, mental health, social services, and other related personnel to serve in residential charter schools for at-risk pupils as set forth in the charter agreement between such school board and the charter school; however, nothing herein shall require a school board to fund the residential or other services provided by a residential charter school.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":252334,"text":"At the discretion of the local school board, charter school personnel may be employees of the local school board, or boards, granting the charter. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 748<\/a> and 890<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapters 631<\/a>, 712<\/a>, and 1028<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 702<\/a> and 720<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 770<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62723,"section_number":"22.1-296.1","catch_line":"Data on convictions for certain crimes and child abuse and neglect required; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-296.1\/"},{"id":74413,"section_number":"22.1-296.2","catch_line":"Fingerprinting required; reciprocity permitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-296.2\/"},{"id":72528,"section_number":"22.1-307","catch_line":"Dismissal of teacher; grounds","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-307\/"}],"permalink":{"id":181729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69815,"identifier":"22.1-212.13","token":"22.1\/13\/1.2\/22.1-212.13","url":"\/22.1-212.13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-212.13\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.2\/22.1-212.13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employment of professional, licensed personnel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-212.13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> At the discretion of the local school board<\/span>, charter school personnel may be employees of the local school board<\/span>, or boards<\/span>, granting the charter. Any personnel not employed by the local school board<\/span> shall remain subject to the provisions of §§ 22.1-296.1<\/a>, 22.1-296.2<\/a>, and 22.1-296.4<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Professional, licensed education personnel may volunteer for assignment to a public charter school. Assignment in a public charter school shall be for one contract<\/span> year. Upon request of the employee and the recommendation of the management committee of the public charter school, reassignment to the public charter school shall occur on an annual basis. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> At the completion of each contract<\/span> year, professional, licensed education personnel who request assignment to a public noncharter school in the relevant school division or who are not recommended for reassignment in the public charter school, other than for the grounds cited in § 22.1-307<\/a>, shall be guaranteed an involuntary transfer to a public noncharter school in the school division according to the employment policies of the school division. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Professional, licensed personnel of a public charter school shall be granted the same employment benefits given to professional, licensed personnel in public noncharter schools in accordance with the policies of the relevant school board<\/span> or boards<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> School boards<\/span> may employ such health, mental health, social services, and other related personnel to serve in residential charter schools for at-risk pupils as set forth in the charter agreement between such school board<\/span> and the charter school; however, nothing herein shall require a school board<\/span> to fund the residential or other services provided by a residential charter school. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL, LICENSED PERSONNEL (\u00a7 22.1-212.13)\n\nA. At the discretion of the local school board, charter school personnel may be\nemployees of the local school board, or boards, granting the charter. Any\npersonnel not employed by the local school board shall remain subject to the\nprovisions of §§ 22.1-296.1, 22.1-296.2, and 22.1-296.4.\n\nB. Professional, licensed education personnel may volunteer for assignment to a\npublic charter school. Assignment in a public charter school shall be for one\ncontract year. Upon request of the employee and the recommendation of the\nmanagement committee of the public charter school, reassignment to the public\ncharter school shall occur on an annual basis.\n\nC. At the completion of each contract year, professional, licensed education\npersonnel who request assignment to a public noncharter school in the relevant\nschool division or who are not recommended for reassignment in the public\ncharter school, other than for the grounds cited in § 22.1-307, shall be\nguaranteed an involuntary transfer to a public noncharter school in the school\ndivision according to the employment policies of the school division.\n\nD. Professional, licensed personnel of a public charter school shall be granted\nthe same employment benefits given to professional, licensed personnel in public\nnoncharter schools in accordance with the policies of the relevant school board\nor boards.\n\nE. School boards may employ such health, mental health, social services, and\nother related personnel to serve in residential charter schools for at-risk\npupils as set forth in the charter agreement between such school board and the\ncharter school; however, nothing herein shall require a school board to fund the\nresidential or other services provided by a residential charter school.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 748, 890; 2000, cc. 631, 712, 1028; 2012, cc. 702, 720; 2016,\nc. 770.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}