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type: "Bill"
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title: "Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2037"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2037 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-07"
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last_action: "2019-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bdea0b9-d6f7-47f0-b8f3-5b65361a5b51"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2037"
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source_hash: "796b3e15c2709e6bf06d57c986f66466f17400ba69cb4ddc7358a672fb59b79c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2037 (2019) — Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0407)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2037AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2037)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2037ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2037)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2037E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2037E
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- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bdea0b9-d6f7-47f0-b8f3-5b65361a5b51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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