Teacher licensure by reciprocity; professional teacher's assessments, report.
Summary
Exempts from any professional teacher's assessment requirements any individual who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education, subject to the approval of the division superintendent or the school board in the school division in which such individual is employed. The bill requires the Department of Education to analyze the current requirements for teacher licensure by reciprocity in the Commonwealth, including the statutory and regulatory requirements for such licensure, and report its findings, including any recommendations for changes to such requirements, to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2017.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 16, 2017
Signed Mar 24, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Mar 24, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N)
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2352H1
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104878D-H1
legislature
Jan 20, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 17103936D
legislature
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nick Freitas
RRepublican
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
Mike Webert
RRepublican
Co
Richard P. Bell
RRepublican
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