HB 1915 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Public school teachers; written notice of noncontinuation of continuing contract.

Summary
Public school teachers; written notice of noncontinuation of continuing contract. Provides that written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract by the teacher must be given by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law provides that written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract by either the teacher or the school board must be given by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. This bill is identical to SB 1032.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute Education and Health Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent significant formatting and layout changes from a subcommittee draft to a Senate substitute version, with no substantive policy changes to the actual text of the legislation. The content regarding teacher reemployment, contract terms, resignation procedures, and workforce reduction rules remains identical.
TECHNICAL

Page layout and formatting were reorganized to match Senate substitute standards, including repositioning of bill numbers, dates, and header information.

Line breaks and text alignment were adjusted throughout the document to conform to official Senate formatting requirements.

Bill identifier '25107245D' and 'HB1915S1' were added to indicate the specific Senate substitute version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 17, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
17
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1915ER)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (51-47-2)
house of delegates
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (49-Y 48-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (11-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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