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Bill Professional education programs; exemption for programs leading to certain endorsements. Board of Education; accreditation requirements for professional education programs; exemption for professional education programs leading to certain endorsements. Directs the Board of Education to amend its regulations relating to accreditation requirements for professional education programs in the Commonwealth to require the Department of Education to provide an alternative to the requirement to obtain and maintain national accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for any professional education program that leads to an endorsement as a school counselor or a school psychologist and has a secured specialty area accreditation from a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1674 Virginia HB 1674 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1674 (2025) — Professional education programs; exemption for programs leading to certain endorsements.

Board of Education; accreditation requirements for professional education programs; exemption for professional education programs leading to certain endorsements. Directs the Board of Education to amend its regulations relating to accreditation requirements for professional education programs in the Commonwealth to require the Department of Education to provide an alternative to the requirement to obtain and maintain national accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for any professional education program that leads to an endorsement as a school counselor or a school psychologist and has a secured specialty area accreditation from a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — 147 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N) — 888 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Amy J. Laufer — primary (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101689D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-10 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-01-14 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-15 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-15 Committee substitute printed 25104955D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-17 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-20 Education Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674)
  • 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-22 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-02-06 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
  • 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1674ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fee74804-5257-4a14-a4af-4f2b56df5c78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).