Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments.
Summary
Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements;assessments. Prohibits the Board of Education from includingin its regulations governing the award of a renewable license asa teacher any requirement that an individual take and receive a passingscore on any national or state-based communications and literacyassessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of sucha license. The bill also clarifies that the Board is not prohibitedfrom requiring any such individual to take and receive a passingscore on any other assessment as a condition of the initial awardor renewal of such a license.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 4, 2024
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/24)
Mar 8, 2024
Senate · Passed
Signed by President
Mar 7, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Signed by Speaker
Mar 7, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB731ER)
Mar 4, 2024
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Feb 29, 2024
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Feb 21, 2024
Senate · Referred to committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
Feb 14, 2024
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Feb 13, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
Feb 13, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
Feb 7, 2024
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Jan 29, 2024
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Jan 19, 2024
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Jan 9, 2024
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Briana Sewell
DDemocratic
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