School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Policy 2-51

ADMINISTRATION

Assignment and Transfer - Administrators

A. Assignment

The administrative personnel shall be placed in the schools by the School Board upon the recommendation of the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall present to the Board for its approval a list of assignments of administrative personnel to individual schools for the school year commencing July 1 and ending June 30 no later than the first regular June meeting of the Board. The Superintendent shall have authority to assign all principals and assistant principals to their respective positions in the school wherein they have been placed by the School Board.

B. Transfer

The School Board may at the time it receives the list of school assignments pursuant to Section A above, or at any time thereafter, adopt a resolution authorizing the Superintendent to reassign principals and assistant principals to any school or position within the division for the school year commencing July 1 and ending June 30, provided no change or reassignment shall adversely affect the salary of such principal or assistant principal for that school year and provided, further, that the Superintendent shall make appropriate reports and explanations concerning such transfers upon the request of the Board.

The School Board may, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, reassign a principal, assistant principal or supervisor to a lower paying position for the school year commencing July 1 provided the Board adheres to the procedural requirements set forth in Virginia Code § 22.1-294 and gives notice to the affected individual of such reassignment by April 15.

Editor’s Note

On June 15, 1999, the School Board adopted a Continuing Resolution Authorizing the Superintendent to Reassign Principals, Assistant Principals and Teachers. Such resolution will remain in effect until the School Board takes action to revoke it. A copy of the resolution can be found in the School Board Minutes for June 15, 1999, and attached to this policy.

See School Board Policy 4-12 for assignment and transfer of teachers.

See School Board Policy 2-40 for performance evaluation process of principals, assistant principals and supervisors.

Code of Va., § 22.1-294. Probationary terms of service for principals, assistant principals and supervisors; reassigning principal, assistant principal or supervisor to teaching position.—A. A person employed as a principal, assistant principal or supervisor, including a person who has previously achieved continuing contract status as a teacher, shall serve three years in such position in the same school division before acquiring continuing contract status as principal, assistant principal or supervisor.

B. Each local school board shall adopt for use by the division superintendent clearly defined criteria for a performance evaluation process for principal, assistant principals, and supervisors that includes, among other things, an assessment of such administrators’ skills and knowledge; student academic progress and school gains in student learning; and effectiveness in addressing school safety and enforcing student discipline. The division superintendent shall implement such performance evaluation process in making employment recommendations to the school board pursuant to § 22.1-293.

C. Continuing contract status acquired by a principal, assistant principal or supervisor shall not be construed (i) as prohibiting a school board from reassigning such principal, assistant principal or supervisor to a teaching position if notice of reassignment is given by the school board by April fifteenth of any year or (ii) as entitling any such principal, assistant principal or supervisor to the salary paid him as principal, assistant principal or supervisor in the case of any such reassignment to a teaching position.

D. No such salary reduction and reassignment, however, shall be made without first providing such principal, assistant principal or supervisor with written notice of the reason for such reduction and reassignment and an opportunity to present his or her position at an informal meeting with the division superintendent, the division superintendent's designee or the school board. The principal, assistant principal or supervisor shall elect whether such meeting shall be with the division superintendent, the division superintendent's designee or the school board. The school board, division superintendent or the division superintendent's designee shall determine what processes are to be followed at the meeting. The decision to reassign and reduce salary shall be at the sole discretion of the school board.

The intent of this section is to provide an opportunity for a principal, assistant principal or supervisor to discuss the reasons for such salary reduction and reassignment with the division superintendent, his designee or the school board, and the provisions of this section are meant to be procedural only. Nothing contained herein shall be taken to require cause as defined in §22.1-307 for the salary reduction and reassignment of a principal, assistant principal or supervisor.

As used in this section, "supervisor" means a person who holds a supervisory position as specified in the regulations of the Board of Education and who is required to hold a license s prescribed by the Board of Education.

Code of Va., § 22.1-297. Assignment of teachers, principals and assistant principals by superintendent.--A division superintendent shall have authority to assign to their respective positions in the school wherein they have been placed by the school board all teachers, principals and assistant principals. If the school board adopts a resolution authorizing the division superintendent to reassign such teachers, principals and assistant principals, the division superintendent may reassign any such teacher, principal or assistant principal for that school year to any school within such division, provided no change or reassignment during a school year shall affect the salary of such teacher, principal or assistant principal for that school year.

1984-85 Report of the Attorney General at 277, School Boards. Power to Assign.

 

Adopted by School Board: October 20, 1992
Amended by School Board: March 3, 1998
Amended by School Board: June 15, 1999
Amended by School Board: April 4, 2000