{"data":{"id":"us-va/8vac20-23-755","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"8VAC20-23-755","heading":"Written reprimand","body":"A. A written reprimand of a license holder may be issued for the following reasons:\n\n1. Acts related to secure mandatory tests as specified in subsection A of § 22.1-292.1 of the Code of Virginia;\n\n2. Breach of employment contract, in the event that a school board or division superintendent declines to grant a license holder's request for release from an employment contract on the grounds of insufficient or unjustifiable cause; and\n\n3. In accordance with law and at the discretion of the State Board of Education after reviewing the specific facts and circumstances of a license holder's case and determining that the license holder's conduct is not sufficiently serious or harmful to merit the withdrawal of a license, any of the reasons that a license may be revoked or suspended listed in 8VAC20-23-720 A and 8VAC20-23-740 A, respectively, except (i) conviction of any violent felony set forth in the definition of barrier crime in subsection A of § 19.2-392.02 of the Code of Virginia; (ii) any offense involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child; and (iii) conduct listed in 8VAC20-23-720 A 10 and 8VAC20-23-740 A 5, which requires revocation or suspension of a license by the State Board of Education under subsection A of § 22.1-292.2 of the Code of Virginia.\n\nB. The State Board of Education may not issue a written reprimand of any license holder for whom it has received a notice of dismissal or resignation pursuant to subsection F of § 22.1-313 of the Code of Virginia and, in the case of a person who is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect after all rights to any administrative appeal provided by § 63.2-1526 of the Code of Virginia have been exhausted, assuming the founded complaint of child abuse or neglect remains on the Central Registry.","path":["Title 8. Education","Agency 20. State Board of Education","Chapter 23. Licensure Regulations for School Personnel","Part VII. Revocation, Cancellation, Suspension, Denial, and Reinstatement of Licenses"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title8/agency20/chapter23/section755/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:47:28Z","sha256":"818cdf4cd7e379d788b10bdb17d82cdbb46fb371f4801b69597a8cb7d5280c3c","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/8vac20-23-750","next":"us-va/8vac20-23-760"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}