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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8. Education
Agency 20. State Board of Education
Chapter 441. Regulations Governing the Employment of Professional Personnel
12/27/2024

8VAC20-441-50. Length of the probationary term for teacher.

A probationary term of full-time employment under an annual contract for three years in the same school division is required before a teacher is issued a continuing contract. Once continuing contract status has been attained in a school division in the Commonwealth, another probationary period as a teacher need not be served in any other school division unless a probationary period not exceeding two years is made a part of the contract of employment.

Statutory Authority

§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 6, eff. December 13, 2017; amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. October 14, 2020.

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