HB2265
Teachers; certain individuals to be licensed with an endorsement in special ed. early childhood.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 21, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)
Chief Patron:
Kathy Tran (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Certain individuals to be deemed licensed as teachers with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years).
Provides that any individual who has been employed in the Commonwealth as a preschool special education teacher licensed with an endorsement in special education - general curriculum K-12 for at least 15 school years shall be deemed licensed as a teacher with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age ... (More) five years) upon the recommendation of the division superintendent in the local school division in which such individual is employed to the Department of Education that such teacher is well-qualified to continue to teach preschool special education in such school division. The bill contains an emergency clause. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25104343D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/14/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2265)
- 01/18/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/18/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2025 - 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 (HB2265ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2265)
- 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 257 (Effective 03/21/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)
