VirginiaPublic school teacher licensure requirement; comprehensive review of alt. licensure pathway, report.
What it does
Department of Education; public school teacher licensure requirements; comprehensive review of alternative licensure pathways; stakeholder work group; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a stakeholder work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the alternative licensure pathways, as that term is defined in the bill, available to public school teachers in the Commonwealth and make recommendations on improving the quality, efficacy, and outcomes of such alternative licensure pathways. The bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health (i) by October 1, 2026, an interim report on the preliminary findings and initial recommendations of the work group and (ii) by October 1, 2027, a final report on the findings and recommendations of the work group.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 891 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB450ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 11Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11Read third timeMinor
- Mar 10Read second timeMinor
- Mar 6Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 1Assigned HRUL sub: Studies SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Feb 18Read first timeMinor
- Feb 18Placed on Calendar
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 12Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 11Rules suspended
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107566D-S1Major
- Feb 10Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
- Jan 29Rereferred from Education and Health to Rules (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Rereferred from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103778DIntroduced