Teacher licensure; regulations governing licensure.
Summary
Declares eligible for a renewable one-year license to teach in public high schools in the Commonwealth any individual who has (i) received a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education; (ii) completed at least 30 credit hours of teaching experience as an instructor at a regionally accredited institution of higher education; (iii) received qualifying scores on the professional teacher's assessments prescribed by the Board, including the communication and literacy assessment and the content-area assessment for the endorsement sought; and (iv) completed certain other licensure requirements.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 29, 2017
Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
legislature
Feb 7, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB215H1
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106407D-H1
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Dec 29, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Dec 29, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100346D
legislature
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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