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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 404<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter 650<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 482<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 196<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1409917,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354749,"identifier":"22.1-291.1","token":"22.1\/15\/1\/22.1-291.1","url":"\/22.1-291.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-291.1\/","token":"22.1\/15\/1\/22.1-291.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Planning time for public elementary school teachers; data on lunch breaks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-291.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each school board<\/span> shall ensure that all elementary<\/span> school teachers in its employment are provided at least an average of 30 minutes per day during the students’ school week as planning time. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall annually collect and present in the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions school-level and division-level data on the share of teachers that are provided each working day a lunch break of at least 30 minutes in length and unencumbered by any teaching or supervisory duties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLANNING TIME FOR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; DATA ON LUNCH BREAKS (\u00a7\n22.1-291.1)\n\nA. Each school board shall ensure that all elementary school teachers in its\nemployment are provided at least an average of 30 minutes per day during the\nstudents’ school week as planning time.\n\nB. The Department shall annually collect and present in the Virginia School\nSurvey of Climate and Working Conditions school-level and division-level data on\nthe share of teachers that are provided each working day a lunch break of at\nleast 30 minutes in length and unencumbered by any teaching or supervisory\nduties.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 404; 2000, c. 650; 2009, c. 482; 2024, c. 196.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}