republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2217.md

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Bill	Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.	Permits the Department of Education to establish a microcredential program for the purpose of permitting any public elementary or secondary school teacher who holds a renewable or provisional license or any individual who participates in any alternate route to licensure program to complete additional in-person or blended coursework and earn microcredentials in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) endorsement areas, including computer science, for which there is a high need for additional qualified teachers. The bill requires the Department of Education to direct the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to convene a workgroup including pertinent education stakeholders to determine how any microcredential awarded pursuant to any such program will be used to award add-on endorsements and certifications for teachers in such STEM endorsement areas. The bill provides certain conditions in which in-person coursework in a microcredential program not contributing to an endorsement is eligible for professional development points towards the renewal of a teaching license. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2217	Virginia HB 2217 (2019)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Education	enacted	Jeffrey M. Bourne	6	19	6	2019-01-08	2019-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/84a8a74f-e6e9-4ec4-8b77-ce4796a5da4f	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2217	41b15f2d9de5c8f985a3b274076b62980a9c04352b7c28e15d07eff5fe3e5a91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2217 (2019) — Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.

Permits the Department of Education to establish a microcredential program for the purpose of permitting any public elementary or secondary school teacher who holds a renewable or provisional license or any individual who participates in any alternate route to licensure program to complete additional in-person or blended coursework and earn microcredentials in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) endorsement areas, including computer science, for which there is a high need for additional qualified teachers. The bill requires the Department of Education to direct the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to convene a workgroup including pertinent education stakeholders to determine how any microcredential awarded pursuant to any such program will be used to award add-on endorsements and certifications for teachers in such STEM endorsement areas. The bill provides certain conditions in which in-person coursework in a microcredential program not contributing to an endorsement is eligible for professional development points towards the renewal of a teaching license. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2217ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2019-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-28 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB2217E
• 2019-01-28 Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E
• 2019-01-28 Engrossed bill reprinted 19103946D-E
• 2019-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Enrolled
• 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-14 Signed by President
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
• 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84a8a74f-e6e9-4ec4-8b77-ce4796a5da4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).