                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PLANNING TIME FOR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; DATA ON LUNCH BREAKS (§
22.1-291.1)

A. Each school board shall ensure that all elementary school teachers in its
employment are provided at least an average of 30 minutes per day during the
students&#8217; school week as planning time.

B. The Department shall annually collect and present in the Virginia School
Survey of Climate and Working Conditions school-level and division-level data on
the share of teachers that are provided each working day a lunch break of at
least 30 minutes in length and unencumbered by any teaching or supervisory
duties.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 404; 2000, c. 650; 2009, c. 482; 2024, c. 196.