Teachers; certain individuals to be licensed with an endorsement in special ed. early childhood.
Summary
Certain individuals to be deemed licensed as teachers with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years). Provides that any individual who has been employed in the Commonwealth as a preschool special education teacher licensed with an endorsement in special education - general curriculum K-12 for at least 15 school years shall be deemed licensed as a teacher with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years) upon the recommendation of the division superintendent in the local school division in which such individual is employed to the Department of Education that such teacher is well-qualified to continue to teach preschool special education in such school division. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 257 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, preserving the provision that allows experienced preschool special education teachers to be deemed licensed with an early childhood endorsement after 15 years of service.
TECHNICAL
Added official chapter designation (Chapter 257) and approval date (March 21, 2025) to formalize the bill as enacted law.
Inserted multiple blank lines and spacing adjustments for formatting consistency in the official enrolled version.
Removed draft session headers and preliminary formatting marks used during the legislative process.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (Effective 03/21/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2265ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
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