                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; CERTAIN TRAINING ACTIVITIES;
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS; INDEX (§ 22.1-298.8)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;non-academic training activity&#8221; means
any training activity in which any public elementary or secondary school teacher
is required to participate that is not related to the teacher&#8217;s
instructional, academic, or curricular duties. &#8220;Non-academic training
activity&#8221; does not include any requirement relating to licensure.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:

   1. No public elementary or secondary school teacher shall be required to
   participate more frequently than once within six months of employment with the
   applicable school board and once every five years thereafter in any
   non-academic training activity, provided, however, that participation in
   additional training relating to secure mandatory test violations as set forth
   in &#xA7;&#xA7; 22.1-19.1 and 22.1-292.1 may be required upon the
   determination of the school board or division superintendent that such
   additional training is necessary to comply with federal or state law or to
   remediate misconduct. Each teacher who completes any such training shall sign
   a written attestation that the teacher has been trained in and understands the
   relevant subject matter.

   2. The total frequency and duration of non-academic training activities in
   which each public elementary or secondary school teacher is required to
   participate pursuant to (i) state law or regulation or (ii) policy or
   regulation of the applicable school board shall not exceed 25 hours every five
   years.

C. The provisions of subsection B shall not apply to any non-academic training
activity or other training activity in which any public school teacher is
required to participate pursuant to federal law or regulation.

D. Any non-academic training activity in which a public elementary or secondary
school teacher voluntarily participates shall not count toward the maximum
number of hours of non-academic training activities in which a public elementary
or secondary school teacher may be required to participate pursuant to
subdivision B 2.

E. The Department shall establish and maintain an index of each training in
which any public elementary and secondary school teacher in the Commonwealth is
required to participate pursuant to state or federal law or regulation,
including training required as a condition of licensure by the Department. Such
index shall include information on the classification of teacher required to
complete each training; the topic, length, and frequency of each training
activity; and the total number of hours of training that each teacher is
required to complete in a specific period of time. The Department shall review
and update such index annually, when a training is added, or when an existing
training on the index is changed in length or frequency to ensure that the
information therein is accurate. The Department shall post such index in an
easily and publicly accessible format and location on its website.

HISTORY: 2023, c. 641; 2025, cc. 477, 489, 643.