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2022 SESSION
HB 979 Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.
Introduced by: Kathy K.L. Tran | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Board of Education; provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States. Permits the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has held within the last five years a valid and officially issued and recognized license or certification to teach issued by an entity outside of the United States but does not meet the requirements for a renewable license if the individual's license or certification to teach has been evaluated and verified by an entity approved by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to SB 68.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103549D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22103549D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106671D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/22 House: Conference substitute printed 22107760D-H1 pdf
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB979ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103549D
- 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/24/22 House: Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
- 01/26/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/22 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/22 House: Read first time
- 02/07/22 House: Read second time
- 02/07/22 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/07/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB979E
- 02/07/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22103549D-E
- 02/08/22 House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/22 House: VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/17/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106671D-S1
- 02/17/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106671D-S1
- 02/21/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB979S1
- 02/21/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/22 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 22106671D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- 02/23/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 100-N)
- 02/25/22 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/28/22 House: House acceded to request
- 03/01/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/01/22 Senate: Senators: Favola, Hashmi, Newman
- 03/07/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/07/22 House: Delegates: Tran, Davis, Wampler
- 03/10/22 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/10/22 House: Conference substitute printed 22107760D-H1
- 03/11/22 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/22 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB979ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)