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HB215

Teacher licensure; regulations governing licensure.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Barry Knight (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Teacher licensure; one-year license; instructors at regionally accredited institutions of higher education.

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. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/29/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100346D
  • 12/29/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 01/15/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB215)
  • 01/19/2018 - House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 01/29/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Committee substitute printed 18106407D-H1
  • 02/02/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB215H1)
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Read second time
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 18106407D-H1
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB215H1
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/07/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/07/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/14/2018 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
  • 02/22/2018 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 02/26/2018 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/26/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB215ER)
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB215ER)
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/03/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018
  • 03/06/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
  • 03/30/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 03/30/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)

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