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2024 SESSION

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HB 731 Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments.

Introduced by: Briana D. Sewell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements; assessments. Requires the Board of Education to eliminate the requirement for any individual to take and receive a passing score on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of a renewable license as a teacher in the Commonwealth.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100915D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24105875D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB731ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100915D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
• 02/06/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24105875D-H1
• 02/09/24  House: Read first time
• 02/12/24  House: Read second time
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105875D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB731H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/21/24  Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
• 02/29/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB731ER)
• 03/07/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)