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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N) — 88–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (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).