HB 2463 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Community College System; certain dual enrollment instructors.

Summary
Virginia Community College System; certain dual enrollment instructors; certain flexibility in qualifications. Permits the requirement for an individual to have completed 18 credit hours of course work in the relevant career and technical education (CTE) content area in order to qualify as an instructor of CTE dual enrollment courses that are transferrable to a baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to be waived in any case in which the employing comprehensive community college determines that such individual has sufficient and specific occupational experience in such content area. The bill requires each comprehensive community college in the Virginia Community College System to work with its institutional accreditor to remove any barriers to the full implementation of the aforementioned flexibility.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to add a new requirement that instructors seeking a waiver of the 18 credit hour CTE coursework requirement must also hold a master's degree with graduate-level credits and receive approval from their accrediting body to modify institutional qualifications.
Scope change
The bill's applicability now requires dual enrollment instructors to meet both the credit hour waiver criteria AND possess a master's degree with graduate-level credits, rather than just the occupational experience waiver.
ELIGIBILITY

Added requirement that instructors must have a master's degree with 18 graduate-level credit hours in the relevant CTE content area to qualify for the waiver of the 18 credit hour coursework requirement.

REQUIREMENT

Added new requirement that comprehensive community colleges must obtain approval from their accrediting body before modifying institutional qualifications for instructors.

TECHNICAL

Changed bill status from 'Introduced' to 'Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute' and updated date from January 13, 2025 to January 28, 2025.

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Total actions
6
Key actions
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Committee
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Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Phil Scott
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