SB203
Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment; three-year licenses.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Dave Suetterlein (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment; three-year licenses; established.
Directs 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 that are creditable toward the completion of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in and accepted at a public institution of higher education ... (More) 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 providing instruction at such institution in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area that such individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with other requirements set forth in applicable law. The bill also directs the Board to require any individual issued such three-year license to maintain continuous employment in such position at the applicable institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure. Finally, the bill requires any school board that employs an individual issued a three-year license under the bill to provide such individual training on instruction and assessment during his first year of employment. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100676D
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/15/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106237D-S1
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/16/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/18/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/18/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107952D-H1
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
- 02/20/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/23/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/23/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/23/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/23/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 02/26/2026 - House: House receded from substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB203ER)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
