Bill Text: VA HB506 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Teachers for Tomorrow Grant Program; established.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations [HB506 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB506-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-199.8 as follows:
§22.1-199.8. Teachers for Tomorrow Grant Program.
A. With such funds as may be appropriate for such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act, the Department shall establish and administer the Teachers for Tomorrow Grant Program (the Program) whereby any school board may apply for a grant in an amount up to $250,000, to be awarded on a competitive basis, with which to expose and attract high school students in the local school division to careers in teaching through curricula, courses, and hands-on experiential learning opportunities, which may include early opportunities to earn course credit at an institution of higher education or take and pass assessments required for licensure as a teacher in the Commonwealth.
B. The Department shall establish such rules, regulations, processes, procedures, and deadlines as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Program.
