Virginia House Bill 2217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Education; establishment of microcredential program. Permits the Department of Education to establish a microcredential program for the purpose of permitting any public elementary or secondary school teacher who holds a renewable or provisional license or any individual who participates in any alternate route to licensure program to complete additional in-person or blended coursework and earn microcredentials in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) endorsement areas, including computer science, for which there is a high need for additional qualified teachers. The bill requires the Department of Education to direct the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure to convene a workgroup including pertinent education stakeholders to determine how any microcredential awarded pursuant to any such program will be used to award add-on endorsements and certifications for teachers in such STEM endorsement areas. The bill provides certain conditions in which in-person coursework in a microcredential program not contributing to an endorsement is eligible for professional development points towards the renewal of a teaching license. This bill is identical to SB 1419.

Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Cheryl Turpin [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]

2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)
2019-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-18		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-18	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
2019-02-14	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-14	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-14	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2217ER)
2019-02-14	House	Enrolled
2019-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-07	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2019-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-29	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	House	Engrossed bill reprinted 19103946D-E
2019-01-28	House	Printed as engrossed 19103946D-E
2019-01-28	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2217E
2019-01-28	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-01-28	House	Read second time
2019-01-25	House	Read first time
2019-01-23	House	Reported from Education with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-18	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103946D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	299.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2217
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2217+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2217E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2217ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0227+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0901V0017+HB2217
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H09V0030+HB2217
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV1944+HB2217
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0185+HB2217
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0488HB2217+HB2217
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0492HB2217+HB2217