HB647
Teaching Experience; regulations Governing Allowable Credit.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 11, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Chief Patron:
Hillary Pugh Kent (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance permitted.
Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to provide that teachers in the field of career and technical education, where the licensure requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level, may be allowed salary placement credit for one year of teaching experience for each one or ... (More) two years of work experience. The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 677 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102678D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Referred from General Laws and referred to Education (Voice Vote)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/29/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - House: committee amendment agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
