Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants. (HB2084)

Introduced By

Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Rob Krupicka (D-Alexandria), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Oak Hill), Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg), Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding), Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Teacher licensure; Teach for America license. Creates a two-year provisional license for participants in Teach for America, a nationwide nonprofit organization focused on closing the achievement gaps among students in low-income areas, who meet certain criteria, including having an offer of employment from a school division in the Commonwealth. The Board of Education may extend each Teach for America license for one additional year and may issue each licensee a renewable license upon completion of two full years of teaching experience, satisfaction of all other requirements for such a license, achievement of satisfactory scores on all professional teachers assessments required by the Board, and achievement of satisfactory end-of-year evaluations. The bill also provides for reciprocity to Teach for America teachers in other states upon satisfaction of certain conditions. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/09/2013Committee
01/09/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101503D
01/09/2013Referred to Committee on Education
01/14/2013Assigned Education sub: Teachers and Admin. Action
01/17/2013Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
01/18/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB2084)
01/21/2013Reported from Education (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/22/2013Read first time
01/23/2013Read second time and engrossed
01/24/2013Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/24/2013VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2013Constitutional reading dispensed
01/25/2013Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/07/2013Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2013Read third time
02/11/2013Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2013Enrolled
02/15/2013Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2084ER)
02/15/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB2084ER)
02/15/2013Signed by Speaker
02/18/2013Signed by President
03/16/2013G Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective 7/1/13)
03/16/2013G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.