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2019 SESSION
HB 2217 Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Education; establishment of microcredential program. Permits the Department of Education to establish a microcredential program for the purpose of permitting any public elementary or secondary school teacher who holds a renewable or provisional license or any individual who participates in any alternate route to licensure program to complete additional in-person or blended coursework and earn microcredentials in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) endorsement areas, including computer science, for which there is a high need for additional qualified teachers. The bill requires the Department of Education to direct the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to convene a workgroup including pertinent education stakeholders to determine how any microcredential awarded pursuant to any such program will be used to award add-on endorsements and certifications for teachers in such STEM endorsement areas. The bill provides certain conditions in which in-person coursework in a microcredential program not contributing to an endorsement is eligible for professional development points towards the renewal of a teaching license. This bill is identical to SB 1419.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/19 House: Engrossed bill reprinted 19103946D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2217ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D
- 01/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/18/19 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/21/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 House: Reported from Education with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 House: Read first time
- 01/28/19 House: Read second time
- 01/28/19 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/28/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2217E
- 01/28/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E
- 01/28/19 House: Engrossed bill reprinted 19103946D-E
- 01/29/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/14/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2217ER)
- 02/14/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/18/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- 02/18/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/05/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/05/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)