                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECISION OF SCHOOL BOARD; GENERALLY (§ 22.1-313)

A. The school board shall retain its exclusive final authority over matters
concerning employment and supervision of its personnel, including dismissals and
suspensions.

B. In the case of a hearing before the school board, the school board shall give
the teacher its written decision as soon as practicable but in no case more than
30 days after the hearing.

C. In the case of a hearing before a hearing officer appointed by the school
board or a three-member fact-finding panel, the school board shall give the
teacher its written decision as soon as practicable but in no case more than 30
days after receiving the record or recording of the hearing; however, should
there be a further hearing before the school board, such decision shall be
furnished the teacher as soon as practicable but in no case more than 30 days
after such further hearing.

D. A teacher may be dismissed or suspended by a majority of a quorum of the
school board.

E. The school board&#8217;s attorney, assistants, or representative, if he or
they represented a participant in the prior proceedings, the grievant, the
grievant&#8217;s attorney or representative, and notwithstanding the provisions
of &#xA7; 22.1-69, the superintendent shall be excluded from any executive
session of the school board which has as its purpose reaching a decision on a
grievance. However, immediately after a decision has been made and publicly
announced, as in favor of or not in favor of the grievant, the school
board&#8217;s attorney or representative and the superintendent may join the
school board in executive session to assist in the writing of the decision.

F. In those instances when licensed personnel are dismissed or resign due to a
conviction of any felony, any offense involving the sexual molestation, physical
or sexual abuse or rape of a child, any offense involving drugs, or due to
having become the subject of a founded case of child abuse or neglect, the local
school board shall notify the Board of Education within 10 business days of such
dismissal or the acceptance of such resignation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-217.8; 1968, c. 691; 1974, c. 18; 1979, c. 298; 1980,
c. 559; 1983, c. 327; 1992, c. 679; 2003, c. 187; 2008, cc. 474, 827; 2013, cc.
588, 650; 2020, c. 875.