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type: "Bill"
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title: "Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish."
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description: "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"
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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 2217"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2217 (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: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84a8a74f-e6e9-4ec4-8b77-ce4796a5da4f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2217"
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source_hash: "41b15f2d9de5c8f985a3b274076b62980a9c04352b7c28e15d07eff5fe3e5a91"
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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 2217 (2019) — Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.
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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
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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 (CHAP0227)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0227)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2217AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2217)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2217ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2217ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2217)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2217E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** 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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- **2019-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB2217E
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- **2019-01-28** Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E
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- **2019-01-28** Engrossed bill reprinted 19103946D-E
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- **2019-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (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/84a8a74f-e6e9-4ec4-8b77-ce4796a5da4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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