Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants. (SB1175)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
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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
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101504D |
01/09/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/17/2013 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
01/18/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1175) |
01/24/2013 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/25/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2013 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/29/2013 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2013 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2013 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2013 | Placed on Calendar |
02/02/2013 | Read first time |
02/02/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education |
02/06/2013 | Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2013 | Read second time |
02/08/2013 | Read third time |
02/08/2013 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
02/08/2013 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2013 | Enrolled |
02/12/2013 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1175ER) |
02/12/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
02/13/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1175ER) |
02/13/2013 | Signed by President |
02/22/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/13) |
02/22/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) |