Virginia House Bill 2037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 14 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Teacher licensure; criteria; assessments. 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 SB 1397.

Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc.

Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]
Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]

2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)
2019-03-14		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
2019-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER)
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled
2019-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2037E
2019-02-04	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-01	House	Read first time
2019-01-30	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2019-01-23	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-23	House	Reported from Education with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-18	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	298.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	298.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	902	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2037
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2037+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2037E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2037ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0407+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0901V0011+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H09V0028+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0203V0006+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H02V0023+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2316+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0233+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0724HB2037+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0743HB2037+HB2037