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1996 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-298 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-298. Regulations governing licensure.
The Board of Education shall, by regulation, prescribe the requirements for
licensure of teachers. Regardless of the authority of any other agency of the
Commonwealth to approve educational programs, only the Board of Education shall
have the authority to license teachers to be regularly employed by school
boards, including those teachers employed to provide nursing education. Such
regulations shall include a requirement that every teacher seeking initial
licensure take a professional teacher's examination prescribed by the Board.
The regulations shall require persons seeking licensure on and after July 1,
2000, to have completed study in attention deficit disorder.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Board may provide for
the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three
years, to any person who does not meet this requirement these
requirements or any other requirement for licensure imposed by law.