Teacher licensure; three-year license to teach career and technical education, etc.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about the consequences of losing employment at the higher education institution.

Three-Year Teaching License for Career and Technical Education

This bill allows individuals employed as instructors at accredited higher education institutions to obtain a three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses in public high schools, provided they meet specific requirements.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Board of Education to issue a three-year teaching license for career and technical education or dual enrollment courses to individuals employed as instructors at accredited higher education institutions.
• Specifies that these individuals must be teaching in the same subject area at their institution as they wish to teach at public high schools.
• Recommends compliance with requirements set forth in relevant law regarding child abuse recognition, emergency first aid, CPR, and AED use.
• Requires continuous employment at the higher education institution for license renewal.

Who It Names or Affects

• Individuals employed as instructors at accredited higher education institutions who wish to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses in public high schools.
• The Board of Education which issues these licenses.

Terms To Know

career and technical education

Classes that prepare students for specific careers, like technology, healthcare, or trades.

dual enrollment courses

Courses where high school students can earn college credits while still in high school.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the consequences if a teacher loses their job at the higher education institution.
• It is unclear how this will affect existing teaching licenses or requirements for new teachers.

Official Summary Text

Teacher licensure; three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools.
Requires the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a three-year license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with the requirements set forth in relevant law to complete study in child abuse recognition and intervention and certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators. The bill requires the Board to require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
22.1-299.9
, relating to teacher licensure; three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered
22.1-299.9
as follows:

§
22.1-299.9
.
Three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools
.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Board shall provide for the issuance of a three-year license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public
high
school, and (iii) complies with the requirements set forth in subdivisions D 1 and 3 of §
22.1-298.1
. The Board shall require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure.

2. That the Board of Education shall amend subdivision A 13 of 8VAC20-
23-50
of the Virginia Administrative Code in accordance with the provisions of this act.