Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel. (HB809)

Introduced By

Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton) with support from 75 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Watkins Abbitt (I-Appomattox), Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Kris Amundson (D-Mount Vernon), Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Mamye BaCote (D-Newport News), Del. William Barlow (D-Smithfield), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Joe Bouchard (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Bob Brink (D-Arlington), Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Chuck Caputo (D-Oak Hill), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. Al Eisenberg (D-Arlington), Del. Bill Fralin (R-Roanoke), Del. Jeff Frederick (R-Woodbridge), Del. Tom Gear (R-Hampton), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem), Del. Frank Hall (D-Richmond), Del. Phil Hamilton (R-Newport News), Del. Frank Hargrove (R-Glen Allen), Del. Clarke Hogan (R-South Boston), Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Bill Janis (R-Glen Allen), Del. Joseph Johnson (D-Abingdon), Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Matt Lohr (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas), Del. Paula Miller (D-Norfolk), Del. Harvey Morgan (R-Gloucester), Del. Paul Nichols (D-Woodbridge), Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond), Del. Dave Nutter (R-Christiansburg), Del. Glenn Oder (R-Newport News), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville), Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg), Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), Del. David Poisson (D-Sterling), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lacey Putney (I-Bedford), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Chris Saxman (R-Staunton), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Terrie Suit (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Bob Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Shannon Valentine (D-Lynchburg), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake)

Progress

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

Description

Provisional and local eligibility licenses; military personnel. Permits the Board of Education to extend a three-year provisional license an additional year for each school year or portion thereof for which a teacher is activated or deployed for military service. The bill provides that local school divisions may offer a similar extension to teachers holding three-year local eligibility licenses. This bill contains an emergency clause. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2008Committee
01/08/2008Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/08 083328816
01/08/2008Referred to Committee on Education
01/16/2008Impact statement from DPB (HB809)
01/16/2008Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/17/2008Impact statement from DPB (HB809)
01/17/2008Read first time
01/18/2008Read second time and engrossed
01/21/2008Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
01/21/2008VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2008Communicated to Senate
01/22/2008Constitutional reading dispensed
01/22/2008Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/23/2008Constitutional reading dispensed
01/23/2008Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/14/2008Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
02/15/2008Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N)
02/18/2008Read third time
02/18/2008Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/19/2008Enrolled
02/19/2008Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB809ER)
02/20/2008Impact statement from DPB (HB809ER)
02/20/2008Signed by Speaker
02/22/2008Signed by President
02/29/2008G Approved by Governor-Chapter 50 (effective 2/29/08)
02/29/2008G Approved by Governor-Chapter 51 (effective 2/29/08)
03/04/2008G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)
03/04/2008G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051)