                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2027) WRITTEN CONTRACTS REQUIRED; EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS;
QUALIFICATIONS OF TEMPORARILY EMPLOYED TEACHERS; RULES AND REQUIREMENTS (§
22.1-302)

A. A written contract, in a form permitted by the Board of Education&#8217;s
regulations, shall be made by the school board with each teacher employed by it,
except those who are temporarily employed, before such teacher enters upon his
duties. Such contract shall be signed in duplicate, with a copy thereof
furnished to both parties.
			The standard 10-month contract shall include 200 days, including (i) a
minimum of 180 teaching days or 990 instructional hours and (ii) up to 20 days
for activities such as teaching, participating in professional development,
planning, evaluating, completing records and reports, participating on
committees or in conferences, or such other activities as may be assigned or
approved by the local school board.
			A temporarily employed teacher, as used in this section, means (i) one who is
employed to substitute for a contracted teacher for a temporary period of time
during the contracted teacher&#8217;s absence or (ii) one who is employed to
fill a teacher vacancy for a period of time, but for no longer than 90 teaching
days in such vacancy, unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction on a case-by-case basis, during one school year.

B. Temporarily employed teachers, as defined in this section, shall be at least
18 years of age and shall hold a high school diploma or have passed a high
school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education.
			A temporarily employed teacher is not required to be licensed by the Board of
Education, nor is the local school board required to enter into a written
contract with a temporarily employed teacher. However, local school boards shall
establish employment qualifications for temporarily employed teachers that may
exceed these requirements for the employment of such teachers. School boards
shall also seek to ensure that temporarily employed teachers who are engaged as
long-term substitutes exceed baseline employment qualifications.

C. A separate contract in a form permitted by the Board of Education shall be
executed by the school board with a teacher who is receiving a monetary
supplement for any athletic coaching or extracurricular activity sponsorship
assignment. This contract shall be separate and apart from the contract for
teaching.
			Termination of a separate contract for any athletic coaching or
extracurricular activity sponsorship assignment by either party thereto shall
not constitute cause for termination of the separate teaching contract of the
coach or teacher.
			All such contracts shall require the party intending to terminate the
coaching or extracurricular activity sponsorship contract to give reasonable
notice to the other party before termination thereof shall become effective.
			For the purposes of this section, &#8220;extracurricular activity
sponsorship&#8221; means an assignment for which a monetary supplement is
received, requiring responsibility for any student organizations, clubs, or
groups, such as service clubs, academic clubs and teams, cheerleading squads,
student publication and literary groups, and visual and performing arts
organizations except those that are conducted in conjunction with regular
classroom, curriculum, or instructional programs.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-217.2; 1968, c. 691; 1980, c. 559; 1989, c. 92; 1990,
c. 388; 1996, c. 986; 1997, c. 689; 1999, c. 486; 2010, c. 93; 2013, cc. 588,
644, 650; 2014, c. 84.