HB1674
Professional education programs; exemption for programs leading to certain endorsements.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 21, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)
Chief Patron:
Amy Laufer (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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.(Less)
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Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101689D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/10/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/10/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/14/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/14/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/15/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
- 01/15/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25104955D-H1
- 01/17/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/20/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/20/2025 - House: Education Substitute agreed to
- 01/20/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/21/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1674ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1674)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)
