VA SB1175 | 2013 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 22 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

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 teacher 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.

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Title

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

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2013-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)
2013-02-22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-13SenateSigned by President
2013-02-12HouseSigned by Speaker
2013-02-12SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB1175ER)
2013-02-12SenateEnrolled
2013-02-08HouseVOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2013-02-08HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2013-02-08HouseRead third time
2013-02-07HouseRead second time
2013-02-06HouseReported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2013-02-02HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2013-02-02HouseRead first time
2013-02-02HousePlaced on Calendar
2013-01-29SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-29SenateReconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-29SenateRead third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-28SenateRead second time and engrossed
2013-01-25SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-24SenateReported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2013-01-17SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2013-01-09SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2013-01-09SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101504D

Same As/Similar To

HB2084 (Same As) 2013-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221299.4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1175
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1175+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1175ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0053+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S04V0074+SB1175
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0172SB1175+SB1175
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0202SB1175+SB1175
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0204SB1175+SB1175
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0205SB1175+SB1175
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H09V0169+SB1175
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0728+SB1175

Bill Comments

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