HB 332 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses.

Summary
Teacher licensure; three-year renewable license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools. Requires the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a three-year renewable license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses that are creditable toward the compleition of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in and accepted at a public institution of higher education at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with certain requirements set forth in relevant law enumerated by the bill. The bill requires the Board to require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure. The bill also requires each school board that employs an individual issued such a three-year license to provide such instructor training on instruction and assessment during his first year of employment. Finally, the bill directs the Board to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 785 and is identical to SB 203.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 11, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute Education and Health Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the section number for a new teacher license category and clarifies that the license applies to courses leading to undergraduate degrees. It also expands the training requirement to explicitly cover the instructor's first year of employment at the school.
Scope change
The bill's scope was slightly narrowed by specifying that dual enrollment courses must be creditable toward an undergraduate degree, and the section number was changed from 22.1-299.9 to 22.1-299.6:1.
TECHNICAL

The section number for the new license provision was changed from 22.1-299.9 to 22.1-299.6:1.

SCOPE

The definition of eligible dual enrollment courses was refined to include only those creditable toward an undergraduate degree or credential.

REQUIREMENT

The training requirement for new instructors was clarified to explicitly state it applies during their first year of employment.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 20, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 794 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB332ER)
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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