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2015 SESSION

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HJ 558 Teachers, qualified; Department of Education and SCHEV, report.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

SCHEV; analysis of teacher shortage; report. Requests the Virginia Department of Education and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to examine shortages of qualified teachers generally and in certain teaching endorsement areas and to recommend strategies for addressing the shortages. The Department and the Council must report their findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

SCHEV; analysis of teacher shortage; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to anlyze the teacher shortage in the Commonwealth in consultation with the Virginia Community College System, the Department of Education, and the Virginia School Boards Association. The Council is required to examine the causes of the teacher shortage in general, as well as shortages within specific teaching endorsement areas, and to develop strategies to mitigate such shortages.