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2000 SESSION
HB 558 Teacher licensure.
Introduced by: Eric I. Cantor | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Teacher licensure. Provides that the Board of Education's teacher licensure requirements permit candidates for initial licensure who have graduated from any institution of higher education, regardless of its accreditation status or whether its teacher education program has been approved by the Board, to take any professional teacher's examination prescribed by the Board for licensure. The measure also deletes language requiring persons graduating from Virginia institutions of higher education to be licensed as instructional personnel on and after July 1, 2002, by the Board of Education only if the endorsement areas offered at such institutions have been assessed by a national accrediting agency or by a state approval process, with final accreditation by the Board of Education. Current Board regulations require candidates for initial licensure to have a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; in addition, the institution's teacher education program must be approved by the Board of Education.
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HISTORY
- 01/19/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 000226664
- 01/19/00 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/27/00 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 3
- 02/09/00 House: Stricken from docket by Education (21-Y 0-N)