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Bill Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses. Teacher licensure; three-year renewable license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools. Requires the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a three-year renewable license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses that are creditable toward the compleition of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in and accepted at a public institution of higher education at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with certain requirements set forth in relevant law enumerated by the bill. The bill requires the Board to require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure. The bill also requires each school board that employs an individual issued such a three-year license to provide such instructor training on instruction and assessment during his first year of employment. Finally, the bill directs the Board to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 785 and is identical to SB 203. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 332 Virginia HB 332 (2026)
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Virginia HB 332 (2026) — Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses.

Teacher licensure; three-year renewable license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools. Requires the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a three-year renewable license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses that are creditable toward the compleition of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in and accepted at a public institution of higher education at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with certain requirements set forth in relevant law enumerated by the bill. The bill requires the Board to require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure. The bill also requires each school board that employs an individual issued such a three-year license to provide such instructor training on instruction and assessment during his first year of employment. Finally, the bill directs the Board to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 785 and is identical to SB 203.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 100 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
  • Will Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101318D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-27 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-01-28 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-28 Incorporates HB785 (Austin)
  • 2026-01-28 Committee substitute printed 26105846D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB332)
  • 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-02 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108237D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB332)
  • 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-23 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB332ER) passage
  • 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB332)
  • 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-02 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 794 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a563386d-02d6-4f10-b233-2097d50721ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).