§ 22.1-299.5 Waiver of teacher licensure requirements; trade and industrial education programs
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any division superintendent may apply to the Department of Education for a biennial waiver of the teacher licensure requirements for any individual whom the local school board hires or seeks to hire to teach in a trade and industrial education program who has obtained or is working toward an industry credential relating to the program area and who has at least 4,000 hours of recent and relevant employment experience, as defined by the Board pursuant to regulation.
B. The Department of Education shall establish a procedure for submitting, receiving, and acting upon such biennial waiver applications.
History
This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 435 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2018, chapters 748 and 749.
2016, c. 435; 2018, cc. 748, 749.