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2002 SESSION

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HB 1011 Professional Standards Board for Education created.

Introduced by: Mitchell Van Yahres | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Professional Standards Board for Education. Eliminates the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure and establishes the 19-member Virginia Professional Standards Board for Education, responsible for the licensure of teachers and other professional staff, authority presently held by the Board of Education. The Board of Education would continue to license principals and supervisors and to determine eligibility for appointment as division superintendent. Comprised of teachers, administrators, representatives of higher education, business, and parents appointed by the Governor, the Board also includes as ex officio, nonvoting members the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Director of the State Council of Higher Education, and the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or their respective designees. The new Board cannot, as a condition of licensure, require any act or conduct that conflicts with statutes prohibiting collective bargaining and denial of work on the basis of union membership.

Members of the Professional Standards Board are not compensated but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses. In addition to its licensure powers, the Board is authorized to promulgate regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act, adopt standards for teacher preparation programs, establish and collect licensure fees, employ an executive director, and appoint advisory committees. The Board's offices shall be located within the Department of Education.


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