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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68151</law_id><section_number>22.1-70.3</section_number><catch_line>(Expires July 1, 2028) Designation of teacher shortage areas</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-155</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Division Superintendents</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">division superintendent</span> shall at least annually, if so requested by the local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> pursuant to subdivision 9 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers and duties" href="/22.1-79/">22.1-79</a>, survey the relevant local school division to identify critical shortages of (i) teachers and administrative personnel by subject matter, (ii) specialized student support positions as that term is described in subsection O of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel" href="/22.1-253.13_2/">22.1-253.13:2</a>, and (iii) school bus drivers and report such critical shortages to the <span class="dictionary">school board</span>, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to the Virginia Retirement System.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 563; 2020, cc. 379, 437; 2023, cc. 690, 707, 708.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
