HB 979 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.

Summary

Board of Education; provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States. Permits the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has held within the last five years a valid and officially issued and recognized license or certification to teach issued by an entity outside of the United States but does not meet the requirements for a renewable license if the individual's license or certification to teach has been evaluated and verified by an entity approved by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to SB 68.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Mar 2022

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2022

Senate Passage

Feb 2022

Signed into Law

Apr 2022

Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022

Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2022

How they voted

33–0

Passed

Total votes 33

Feb 21, 2022

D Democratic17

17 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican16

16 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 11, 2022

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/22)

executive

Mar 11, 2022

Upper · Passed

Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Mar 11, 2022

Lower · Passed

Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)

lower

Mar 10, 2022

Legislature · Passed

Amended by conference committee

legislature

Feb 25, 2022

Upper · Passed

Senate requested conference committee

upper

Feb 21, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 21, 2022

Upper · Passed

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB979S1

upper

Feb 21, 2022

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 22106671D-S1

upper

Feb 17, 2022

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 9, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 8, 2022

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)

lower

Feb 7, 2022

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended HB979E

lower

Feb 7, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee amendment agreed to

lower

Feb 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

lower

Jan 24, 2022

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation

lower

Jan 12, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

Jan 12, 2022

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103549D

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors