VA SB 142

Title: Public school teachers; licensure requirements, issuance of a one-year local eligibility license.
Author: Frank Miller Ruff Jr.

Summary
Public school teachers; licensure requirements; one-year local eligibility license; alternate routes and flexibility. Requires the Board of Education to include in its teacher licensure regulations provisions authorizing each school board, upon recommendation of the division superintendent or the school board and in accordance with the criteria set forth in the bill, to issue a one-year, nonrenewable local eligibility license that is only valid within the issuing school division to any individual who (i) received a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, (ii) has experience or training in a subject or content area as the school board and division superintendent may deem appropriate for the applicable teaching position or endorsement area, and (iii) is not seeking to provide instruction in special education or eligible for collegiate professional or postgraduate professional licensure. The bill establishes several requirements, criteria, and conditions relating to a local eligibility license. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.

Status
Senate: Communicated to Governor

Bill Documents
VA SB 142 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103530D

VA SB 142 - Senate amendments

VA SB 142 - Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

VA SB 142 - Floor substitute printed 24107655D-S1 (Hashmi)

VA SB 142 - Senate amendments not adopted

VA SB 142 - House committee amendments reported

VA SB 142 - House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

VA SB 142 - Amendment(s) for Committee: Education, Subcommittee: K-12 Subcommittee, Recommended on 2/27/2024

VA SB 142 - Amendment(s) for Committee: S-Education and Health, Subcommittee: Public Education, Recommended on 2/8/2024

VA SB 142 - House amendments engrossed

VA SB 142 - House amendments adopted

VA SB 142 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB142ER)

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