HB647 • 2026

Teaching Experience; regulations Governing Allowable Credit.

An Act to require the Board of Education to amend its Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience to permit the allowance of certain teaching experience credit substitutions.

Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Kent
Last action: 2026-04-13
Official status: Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Teaching Experience; regulations Governing Allowable Credit.

Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance permitted.

What This Bill Does

Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance permitted.
Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to provide that teachers in the field of career and technical education, where the licensure requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level, may be allowed salary placement credit for one year of teaching experience for each one or two years of work experience.
The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 677 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025.

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Amendments

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HB647AHC1

2026-02-03 • Committee

Education Amendment

Plain English: OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/03/2026 HB 647 EDUCATION 1.

OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/03/2026 HB 647 EDUCATION 1.
Line 11, introduced, after amend strike 8VAC20- 410-10 insert 8VAC20- 23-10

HB647AH1

2026-02-04 • Committee

Education Amendment

Plain English: 2/04/2026 HB 647 EDUCATION 1.

2/04/2026 HB 647 EDUCATION 1.
Line 11, introduced, after amend strike 8VAC20- 410-10 insert 8VAC20- 23-10

Bill History

2026-04-13 Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 802 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-04-13 Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802)
2026-04-13 Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802)
2026-03-10 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
2026-03-10 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-06 House
Signed by Speaker
2026-03-06 Senate
Signed by President
2026-03-06 House
Enrolled
2026-03-06 House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB647ER)
2026-03-06 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647)
2026-03-02 Senate
Read third time
2026-03-02 Senate
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-27 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-02-27 Senate
Passed by for the day
2026-02-27 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-27 Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-26 Education and Health
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-19 Public Education
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2026-02-11 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-11 Education and Health
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2026-02-11 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647)
2026-02-10 House
Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-09 House
Read second time
2026-02-09 House
committee amendment agreed to
2026-02-09 House
Engrossed by House as amended
2026-02-06 House
Read first time
2026-02-04 Education
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
2026-02-03 K-12 Subcommittee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2026-02-03 House
House committee offered
2026-01-30 K-12 Subcommittee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2026-01-29 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647)
2026-01-27 General Laws
Referred from General Laws and referred to Education (Voice Vote)
2026-01-13 House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102678D
2026-01-13 General Laws
Referred to Committee on General Laws

Official Summary Text

Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance permitted.
Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to provide that teachers in the field of career and technical education, where the licensure requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level, may be allowed salary placement credit for one year of teaching experience for each one or two years of work experience. The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 677 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025.

Current Bill Text

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An Act to require the Board of Education to amend its Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience to permit the allowance of certain teaching experience credit substitutions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1. The Board of Education shall amend
8VAC20-
23-10


of the Virginia Administrative Code to provide that, for the purpose of salary placement credit, teachers in the field of career and technical education, where the licensure requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level, may be allowed credit for one year of teaching experience for each two years of work experience or may be allowed credit for one year of teaching experience for each year of work experience.
2. That the Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.