Public school employees; suspension, notice and opportunity for a hearing.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-315 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public school employees; suspension; notice and opportunity for a hearing.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Public school employees; suspension; notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides that no school board employee shall be suspended without notice and, if applicable, an opportunity to be heard and amends current law to require any individual who has been so suspended, regardless of the length of the suspension, to continue to receive his then applicable salary unless and until the school board, after a hearing, determines otherwise. Under current law, such requirement only applies to any indiv
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 233 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Rae Cousins
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 96, X 4
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 21, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 233.