State employees & public elementary & secondary school teachers; required annual trainings, report.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify what changes will be made to training requirements after the report is submitted.

Study on Annual Trainings for State Employees and Teachers

This bill requires the Department of Human Resource Management to study the number of annual trainings required for state employees and public school teachers in collaboration with other education agencies, and report its findings by January 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review how many yearly training sessions are needed for state workers and public school teachers.
• Asks the department to work with other education agencies during this study.
• Determines if certain trainings can be reduced in frequency while maintaining effectiveness.
• Requests that all government agencies help provide information for the study.

Who It Names or Affects

• State employees
• Public elementary and secondary school teachers

Terms To Know

Department of Human Resource Management

The agency that handles human resources for state workers in Virginia.

General Assembly

The legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made up of the House of Delegates and the Senate.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what changes will be made to training requirements.
• Only requires a report by January 1, 2027; no further action is mandated after that date.
• The bill does not provide details on how the effectiveness of trainings will be measured.

Official Summary Text

Study; Department of Human Resource Management; required annual trainings; state employees; public elementary and secondary school teachers; report.
Directs the Department of Human Resource Management (the Department), in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Board of Education, to review the number of annual trainings required of employees of the Commonwealth and public elementary and secondary school teachers and determine if certain trainings could be reduced in frequency. The bill directs the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2027.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to require the Department of Human Resource Management, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Board of Education, to study the number of annual trainings required of employees of the Commonwealth and public elementary and secondary school teachers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.
§ 1.
The Department of Human Resource Management
(the Department)
, in collaboration with
the Department of Education
and
the Board of Education,
shall
review
the number of annual
trainings
required
of
employees of the Commonwealth
and public elementary and secondary school teachers
.

In conducting its review, the Department shall
determine if
certain
trainings
required by the Code of Virginia
,

by existing regulations or policies for individual agencies
, or by the Department of Education, the Board of Education
,
or any local school boards,
could be reduced in frequency
while maintaining the same effectiveness for employees
of the Commonwealth
and public elementary and secondary school teachers
.

All agencies of the Commonwealth and all local school boards shall provide assistance to the Department upon request.
Upon completion of its review, the Department shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the General Assembly no later than Janua
ry 1, 2027.