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type: "Bill"
title: "Mathematics teachers; BOE shall take certain regulatory actions relating to add-on endorsements."
description: "Board of Education; certain add-on endorsements for mathematics teachers. Requires the Board of Education to (i) develop and approve a geometry add-on endorsement for teachers licensed by the Board of Education to provide instruction in geometry for students in kindergarten through grade eight and (ii) amend its regulations establishing the criteria for earning an Algebra I add-on endorsement to (a) eliminate the requirements that candidates complete coursework in calculus, Euclidian geometry, probability and statistics, and discrete mathematics and (b) permit candidates to receive a passing score on the Praxis Algebra I add-on endorsement exam in lieu of the requirements that candidates complete coursework in elementary functions, introductory college algebra, trigonometry, and linear algebra."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1829"
citation: "Virginia HB 1829 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2479b7a1-e51a-4a79-882d-0bc5ec525273"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1829"
source_hash: "860eb4adf5cbd61408675c0fbf3b446f09462afdc9b1d4c4b9e0be2aa66d6453"
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 1829 (2025) — Mathematics teachers; BOE shall take certain regulatory actions relating to add-on endorsements.
Board of Education; certain add-on endorsements for mathematics teachers. Requires the Board of Education to (i) develop and approve a geometry add-on endorsement for teachers licensed by the Board of Education to provide instruction in geometry for students in kindergarten through grade eight and (ii) amend its regulations establishing the criteria for earning an Algebra I add-on endorsement to (a) eliminate the requirements that candidates complete coursework in calculus, Euclidian geometry, probability and statistics, and discrete mathematics and (b) permit candidates to receive a passing score on the Praxis Algebra I add-on endorsement exam in lieu of the requirements that candidates complete coursework in elementary functions, introductory college algebra, trigonometry, and linear algebra.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013283.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037758.PDF)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077374.PDF)
4. **HAPP Sub: Elementary & Secondary Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034380.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060908.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and rereferred to Appropriations (11-Y 10-N) — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — **61** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N) — **6830** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **193** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104406D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-11** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
- **2025-01-15** Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (11-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-15** Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1829)
- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Committee substitute printed 25106049D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (14-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`
- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1829)
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1829ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1829)
- **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`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2479b7a1-e51a-4a79-882d-0bc5ec525273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).