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HB 2486 Teacher licensure; provisional license.

Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Teacher licensure; reciprocity; alternate routes. Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations providing for licensure by reciprocity, to grant special consideration to individuals who have successfully completed a program offered by a provider that is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines that establish a process to permit a school board or any organization sponsored by a school board to petition the Board for approval of an alternate route to licensure that may be used to meet the requirements for a provisional or renewable license or any endorsement.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Teacher licensure; reciprocity; alternate routes. Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations providing for licensure by reciprocity, to grant special consideration to individuals who have successfully completed a program offered by a provider that is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines that establish a process to permit a school board or any organization sponsored by a school board to petition the Board for approval of an alternate route to licensure that may be used to meet the requirements for a provisional or renewable license or any endorsement.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Teacher licensure; provisional license; American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence certification. Requires the Board of Education (Board) to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has successfully completed the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence alternative teacher certification program and who meets the basic conditions for licensure established by the Board pursuant to subsection A of 8VAC20-23-40.