republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-836.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Microcredentials; DOE to develop a plan to adopt, etc."
description: "Department of Education; microcredentials; plan. Requires the Department of Education to develop a plan to adopt and implement standards for microcredentials used toward add-on endorsements and renewal of licenses earned by Virginia license holders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The bill requires such plan to include (i) a process for reviewing and administering educator microcredentials; (ii) assurances that educator microcredentials rely upon demonstrable evidence from the submission of artifacts, such as student projects and teacher lesson plans, that are then objectively scored against existing rubrics; and (iii) assurances that educator microcredentials focus on interrelated competencies leading to logical teacher professional development pathways and stacks of educator microcredentials and align with the Board of Education's ongoing work on educator professional development. Such plan shall also include the resources needed for statewide implementation. The bill requires the Department of Education to complete and submit the plan to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 836"
citation: "Virginia HB 836 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3fb6996-3e10-4100-b91e-3aba459aeeca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB836"
source_hash: "d5237c37d9e91f32bbec9ab84b7e1b8af6f9a46982e5b0467e67af710615bb2e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 836 (2020) — Microcredentials; DOE to develop a plan to adopt, etc.

Department of Education; microcredentials; plan. Requires the Department of Education to develop a plan to adopt and implement standards for microcredentials used toward add-on endorsements and renewal of licenses earned by Virginia license holders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The bill requires such plan to include (i) a process for reviewing and administering educator microcredentials; (ii) assurances that educator microcredentials rely upon demonstrable evidence from the submission of artifacts, such as student projects and teacher lesson plans, that are then objectively scored against existing rubrics; and (iii) assurances that educator microcredentials focus on interrelated competencies leading to logical teacher professional development pathways and stacks of educator microcredentials and align with the Board of Education's ongoing work on educator professional development. Such plan shall also include the resources needed for statewide implementation. The bill requires the Department of Education to complete and submit the plan to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0510)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB836ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB836ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB836)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB836)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB836H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB836H1)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104614D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB836)
- **2020-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20107012D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB836H1)
- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20107012D-H1
- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB836H1
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB836ER)
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3fb6996-3e10-4100-b91e-3aba459aeeca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).