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2013 SESSION
SB 1175 Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Teacher licensure; Teach For America license. Creates a two-year provisional license for participants in Teach For America, a nationwide nonprofit organization focused on closing the achievement gaps among students in low-income areas, who meet certain criteria, including having an offer of employment from a school division in the Commonwealth. The Board of Education may extend each Teach For America license for one additional year and may issue each licensee a renewable license upon completion of two full years of teaching experience, satisfaction of all other requirements for such a license, achievement of satisfactory scores on all professional teacher assessments required by the Board, and achievement of satisfactory end-of-year evaluations. The bill also provides for reciprocity to Teach For America teachers in other states upon satisfaction of certain conditions. This bill is identical to HB 2084.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101504D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1175ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101504D
- 01/09/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/17/13 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/24/13 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/13 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/13 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/02/13 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/06/13 House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/13 House: Read second time
- 02/08/13 House: Read third time
- 02/08/13 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/12/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1175ER)
- 02/12/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/13/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/13)
- 02/22/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)