CHAPTER 183

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-207 of the Code of Virginia, relating

to written contracts with public school teachers. -
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 22-207 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 22-207. Written contracts shall be made by the school board with
all public school teachers, except those temporarily employed as substitute
teachers, before they enter upon their duties, in a form to be prescribed by
the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Such contracts shall be signed in
duplicate, each party holding a copy thereof.

Every such contract hereafter entered into, whether or not expressly
provided therein, may be terminated by the teacher, by notice in writing
to the local school board, at any time after both white and negro pupils
shall have been enrolled, or both white and negro teachers shall have been
employed, in the school to which the contracting teacher is assigned.