Amy Laufer
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 55
Primary
Board of Education; accreditation requirements for professional education programs; exemption for professional education programs leading to certain endorsements. Directs the Board of Education to amend its regulations relating to accreditation requirements for professional education programs in the Commonwealth to require the Department of Education to provide an alternative to the requirement to obtain and maintain national accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for any professional education program that leads to an endorsement as a school counselor or a school psychologist and has a secured specialty area accreditation from a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
An Act to direct the Board of Education to amend its regulations relating to the accreditation requirements for professional education programs in Virginia to provide an alternative for certain programs.
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1674ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674)
Enrolled
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674)
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Education Substitute agreed to
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 25104955D-H1
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101689D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Chaptered | HTML PDF |
| Enrolled | HTML PDF |
| Education Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674) | PDF PDF |
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