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Department of Education; public school teacher licensure requirements; comprehensive review of alternative licensure pathways; stakeholder work group; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a stakeholder work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the alternative licensure pathways, as that term is defined in the bill, available to public school teachers in the Commonwealth and make recommendations on improving the quality, efficacy, and outcomes of such alternative licensure pathways. The bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health (i) by October 1, 2026, an interim report on the findings and preliminary recommendations of the work group and (ii) by October 1, 2027, a final report on the findings and recommendations of the work group.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Rules
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
Committee substitute printed 26107566D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
Rereferred from Education and Health to Rules (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103778D
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Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Margaret A. Franklin