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2018 SESSION
HB 1156 Teacher licensure; endorsement in dual language instruction pre-kindergarten through grade six.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Teacher licensure; endorsement in dual language instruction pre-kindergarten through grade six. Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations governing licensure, to provide for licensure of teachers with an endorsement in dual language instruction pre-kindergarten through grade six. The bill defines "dual language instruction" as instruction in English and in a second language. The bill requires the Board, in establishing the requirements for such endorsement, to require, at minimum, coursework in dual language education; bilingual literacy development; methods of second language acquisition; theories of second language acquisition; instructional strategies for classroom management for the elementary classroom; and content-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The bill provides that (i) each teacher with such an endorsement is exempt from the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment requirement but is subject to the subject matter-specific professional teacher's assessment requirements and (ii) no teacher with such an endorsement is required to obtain an additional endorsement in early/primary education pre-kindergarten through grade three or elementary education pre-kindergarten through grade six in order to teach in pre-kindergarten through grade six.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103369D pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1156ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/19/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103369D
- 01/10/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/29/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/14/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/22/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1156ER)
- 02/28/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018
- 03/06/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/19/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 391 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/19/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)