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VA HB647

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Hillary Pugh Kent

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Board of Education to amend regulations governing teaching experience credit for salary placement purposes

  • Allows career and technical education teachers to receive credit for one year of teaching experience for each year of occupational work experience, rather than the current two years of work experience for one year of teaching credit

  • Applies specifically to CTE fields where licensure requirements include occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level

  • Mandates the Board of Education to promulgate implementing regulations within 280 days of enactment

Legislative Description

Teaching Experience; regulations Governing Allowable Credit.

Last Action

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Education: Public Education2/19/2026
Education and Health2/11/2026
Education: K-121/30/2026
Education1/27/2026
General Laws1/13/2026

Full Bill Text

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