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| Bill | Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc. | Requires the Board of Education to issue a license to an individual seeking initial licensure who has not completed the professional assessments prescribed by the Board, if such individual (i) holds a provisional license that will expire within three months; (ii) is employed by a school board; (iii) is recommended for licensure by the division superintendent; (iv) has attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain a qualifying score on the professional assessments prescribed by the Board; (v) has received an evaluation rating of proficient or above on the performance standards for each year of the provisional license, and such evaluation was conducted in a manner consistent with the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents; and (vi) meets all other requirements for initial licensure. The bill removes the requirement that the Board of Education prescribe an assessment of basic skills for individuals seeking entry into an approved education preparation program and establish a minimum passing score for such assessment. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2037 | Virginia HB 2037 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 2037 (2019) — Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc.
Requires the Board of Education to issue a license to an individual seeking initial licensure who has not completed the professional assessments prescribed by the Board, if such individual (i) holds a provisional license that will expire within three months; (ii) is employed by a school board; (iii) is recommended for licensure by the division superintendent; (iv) has attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain a qualifying score on the professional assessments prescribed by the Board; (v) has received an evaluation rating of proficient or above on the performance standards for each year of the provisional license, and such evaluation was conducted in a manner consistent with the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents; and (vi) meets all other requirements for initial licensure. The bill removes the requirement that the Board of Education prescribe an assessment of basic skills for individuals seeking entry into an approved education preparation program and establish a minimum passing score for such assessment. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407) (committee substitute) — source
- House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D
introduction - 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2019-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2019-01-21 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 2019-01-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2019-01-23 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
referral-committee - 2019-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2019-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2019-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2037E
- 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E
- 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2019-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-21 Enrolled
- 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-02-21 Signed by President
- 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9bdea0b9-d6f7-47f0-b8f3-5b65361a5b51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).