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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 | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

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.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements; assessments. Prohibits the Board of Education from including in its regulations governing the award of a renewable license as a teacher any requirement that an individual take and receive a passing score on any national or state-based communications and literacy assessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of such a license. The bill also clarifies that the Board is not prohibited from requiring any such individual to take and receive a passing score on any other assessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of such a license.