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The Board of Visitors shall require the teachers at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to comply with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-298.1, 22.1-299, and 22.1-303. The Board of Visitors shall require any applicant for employment as full-time instructional personnel or other position requiring as a condition of employment direct contact with students to submit to a fingerprinting and criminal history record check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-296 and 22.1-296.1. The Board of Visitors shall be deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange any criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. Contracts for the employment of teachers shall be in the form prescribed by the school board of the school division in which the school is located. In cases of nonrenewal of contracts of probationary teachers, the decisions shall be appealable to the Board of Visitors. For all other purposes, the Virginia Personnel Act (\u00a7 2.2-2900 et seq.) shall apply to the teachers of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.\n\t\tThe Board of Visitors shall establish salary schedules for all professional personnel that are competitive with those in effect for the school divisions in which the facility is located.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":291493,"text":"For the purpose of retirement and other statutory benefits, teachers employed as full-time instructional personnel by the Board of Visitors shall be deemed to be full-time state personnel and shall receive the same benefits as are accorded all other full-time state personnel. The Board of Visitors shall require the teachers at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to comply with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-298.1, 22.1-299, and 22.1-303. The Board of Visitors shall require any applicant for employment as full-time instructional personnel or other position requiring as a condition of employment direct contact with students to submit to a fingerprinting and criminal history record check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-296 and 22.1-296.1. The Board of Visitors shall be deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange any criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. Contracts for the employment of teachers shall be in the form prescribed by the school board of the school division in which the school is located. In cases of nonrenewal of contracts of probationary teachers, the decisions shall be appealable to the Board of Visitors. 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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1993, chapter 2; in 2006, chapters 27<\/a> and 349<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 210<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 670<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"},{"id":75428,"section_number":"22.1-296","catch_line":"Payment of employees; reimbursement for private transportation; certain sick leave policies","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-296\/"},{"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":71301,"section_number":"22.1-298.1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) Regulations governing licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-298.1\/"},{"id":71681,"section_number":"22.1-299","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-299\/"},{"id":55716,"section_number":"22.1-303","catch_line":"Probationary terms of service for teachers","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-303\/"}],"permalink":{"id":183307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81336,"identifier":"22.1-349","token":"22.1\/19\/22.1-349","url":"\/22.1-349\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-349\/","token":"22.1\/19\/22.1-349","dublin_core":{"Title":"Terms of employment of teachers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-349","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of retirement and other statutory benefits, teachers employed as full-time instructional personnel by the Board of Visitors shall be deemed to be full-time state personnel and shall receive the same benefits as are accorded all other full-time state personnel. The Board of Visitors shall require the teachers at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to comply with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-298.1<\/a>, 22.1-299<\/a>, and 22.1-303<\/a>. The Board of Visitors shall require any applicant for employment as full-time instructional personnel or other position requiring as a condition of employment direct contact with students to submit to a fingerprinting and criminal history record check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-296<\/a> and 22.1-296.1<\/a>. The Board of Visitors shall be deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange any criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. Contracts<\/span> for the employment of teachers shall be in the form prescribed by the school board<\/span> of the school division in which the school is located. In cases of nonrenewal of contracts<\/span> of probationary teachers, the decisions shall be appealable to the Board of Visitors. For all other purposes, the Virginia Personnel Act (\u00a7 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.) shall apply to the teachers of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.\n\t\tThe Board of Visitors shall establish salary schedules<\/span> for all professional personnel that are competitive with those in effect for the school divisions in which the facility is located.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMS OF EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHERS (\u00a7 22.1-349)\n\nFor the purpose of retirement and other statutory benefits, teachers employed as\nfull-time instructional personnel by the Board of Visitors shall be deemed to be\nfull-time state personnel and shall receive the same benefits as are accorded\nall other full-time state personnel. The Board of Visitors shall require the\nteachers at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to comply with the\nprovisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-298.1, 22.1-299, and 22.1-303. The Board of Visitors\nshall require any applicant for employment as full-time instructional personnel\nor other position requiring as a condition of employment direct contact with\nstudents to submit to a fingerprinting and criminal history record check through\nthe Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in\naccordance with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-296 and 22.1-296.1. The Board of\nVisitors shall be deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from\nthe Central Criminal Records Exchange any criminal history record information\npertaining to an application for employment. Contracts for the employment of\nteachers shall be in the form prescribed by the school board of the school\ndivision in which the school is located. In cases of nonrenewal of contracts of\nprobationary teachers, the decisions shall be appealable to the Board of\nVisitors. For all other purposes, the Virginia Personnel Act (\u00a7 2.2-2900 et\nseq.) shall apply to the teachers of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the\nBlind.\n\t\tThe Board of Visitors shall establish salary schedules for all professional\npersonnel that are competitive with those in effect for the school divisions in\nwhich the facility is located.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 413; 1993, c. 2; 2006, cc. 27, 349; 2009, c. 210; 2023, c.\n670.","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}}