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Ten nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be classroom teachers, with at least the following representation: three elementary school teachers, three middle school teachers, and three high school teachers. Three nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be school administrators, one of whom shall be a school principal, one of whom shall be a division superintendent, and one of whom shall be a school personnel administrator. Four nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be faculty members in teacher preparation programs in public or private institutions of higher education, who may represent the arts and sciences. One nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a school board. One nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a parent-teacher association. One nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a representative of the business community, and one nonlegislative citizen member shall be a citizen at large. The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee shall serve as an ex officio member of the Advisory Board. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee and the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the Advisory Board.\n\t\tThe Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate a staff liaison to coordinate the activities of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall meet five times per year or upon the request of its chairman or the Board of Education. The Advisory Board shall annually elect a chairman from its membership. Nonlegislative citizen members are not entitled to compensation for their services. Legislative members of the Advisory Board shall be compensated as provided in \u00a7 30-19.12. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the Advisory Board as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. The funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Department of Education.\n\t\tThe nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed for three-year terms. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. No person may be appointed to serve for more than two consecutive terms. Members shall hold office after expiration of their terms until their successors are duly appointed. Appointments to fill vacancies of members, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Such vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Advisory Board shall advise the Board of Education and submit recommendations on policies applicable to the qualifications, examination, licensure, and regulation of school personnel, including (i) revocation, suspension, denial, cancellation, reinstatement, and renewals of licensure; (ii) fees for processing applications; (iii) standards for the approval of preparation programs; (iv) reciprocal approval of preparation programs; (v) strategies for helping school divisions more effectively recruit and retain licensed teachers; and (vi) other related matters as the Board of Education may request or the Advisory Board may deem necessary. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 970 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 132; in 2014, chapter 334<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 331<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 767<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 748<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84163,"section_number":"2.2-2101","catch_line":"Prohibition against service by legislators on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2101\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71377,"section_number":"2.2-2813","catch_line":"Definitions; compensation and expense payments from state funds for service on collegial bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2813\/"},{"id":73173,"section_number":"2.2-2825","catch_line":"Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2825\/"},{"id":81066,"section_number":"30-19.12","catch_line":"Compensation of members of the General Assembly and certain commissions engaged in legislative services","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-19.12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":183115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77089,"identifier":"22.1-305.2","token":"22.1\/15\/2.1\/22.1-305.2","url":"\/22.1-305.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-305.2\/","token":"22.1\/15\/2.1\/22.1-305.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-305.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby established the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (the Advisory Board), which shall consist of three legislative members to be appointed as follows: two members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, one member of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and 21 nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Board of Education. Ten nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be classroom teachers, with at least the following representation: three elementary<\/span> school teachers, three middle school<\/span> teachers, and three high school teachers. Three nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be school administrators, one of whom shall be a school principal, one of whom shall be a division superintendent<\/span>, and one of whom shall be a school personnel administrator. Four nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be faculty members in teacher preparation programs in public or private institutions of higher education, who may represent the arts and sciences. One nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a school board<\/span>. One nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a parent<\/span>-teacher association. One nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a representative of the business community, and one nonlegislative citizen member shall be a citizen at large. The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee shall serve as an ex officio member of the Advisory Board. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee and the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the Advisory Board.\n\t\tThe Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate a staff liaison to coordinate the activities of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall meet five times per year or upon the request of its chairman or the Board of Education. The Advisory Board shall annually elect a chairman from its membership. Nonlegislative citizen members are not entitled to compensation for their services. Legislative members of the Advisory Board shall be compensated as provided in \u00a7 30-19.12<\/a>. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the Advisory Board as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-2813<\/a> and 2.2-2825<\/a>. The funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Department<\/span> of Education.\n\t\tThe nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed for three-year terms. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. No person may be appointed to serve for more than two consecutive terms. Members shall hold office after expiration of their terms until their successors are duly appointed. Appointments to fill vacancies of members, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Such vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Advisory Board shall advise the Board of Education and submit recommendations on policies applicable to the qualifications, examination, licensure, and regulation of school personnel, including (i) revocation<\/span>, suspension, denial, cancellation, reinstatement, and renewals of licensure; (ii) fees for processing applications; (iii) standards for the approval of preparation programs; (iv) reciprocal approval of preparation programs; (v) strategies for helping school divisions more effectively recruit and retain licensed teachers; and (vi) other related matters as the Board of Education may request or the Advisory Board may deem necessary. The final authority for licensure of school personnel shall remain with the Board of Education.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVISORY BOARD ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND LICENSURE (\u00a7 22.1-305.2)\n\nThere is hereby established the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and\nLicensure (the Advisory Board), which shall consist of three legislative members\nto be appointed as follows: two members of the House of Delegates to be\nappointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, one member of the Senate to\nbe appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and 21 nonlegislative citizen\nmembers to be appointed by the Board of Education. Ten nonlegislative citizen\nmembers of the Advisory Board shall be classroom teachers, with at least the\nfollowing representation: three elementary school teachers, three middle school\nteachers, and three high school teachers. Three nonlegislative citizen members\nof the Advisory Board shall be school administrators, one of whom shall be a\nschool principal, one of whom shall be a division superintendent, and one of\nwhom shall be a school personnel administrator. Four nonlegislative citizen\nmembers of the Advisory Board shall be faculty members in teacher preparation\nprograms in public or private institutions of higher education, who may\nrepresent the arts and sciences. One nonlegislative citizen member of the\nAdvisory Board shall be a member of a school board. One nonlegislative citizen\nmember of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a parent-teacher association.\nOne nonlegislative citizen member of the Advisory Board shall be a\nrepresentative of the business community, and one nonlegislative citizen member\nshall be a citizen at large. The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College\nSystem or his designee shall serve as an ex officio member of the Advisory\nBoard. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee and the\nExecutive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his\ndesignee shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the Advisory Board.\n\t\tThe Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate a staff liaison to\ncoordinate the activities of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall meet\nfive times per year or upon the request of its chairman or the Board of\nEducation. The Advisory Board shall annually elect a chairman from its\nmembership. Nonlegislative citizen members are not entitled to compensation for\ntheir services. Legislative members of the Advisory Board shall be compensated\nas provided in \u00a7 30-19.12. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable\nand necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of\nthe Advisory Board as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. The funding for\nthe costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the\nDepartment of Education.\n\t\tThe nonlegislative citizen members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed\nfor three-year terms. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with\ntheir terms of office. No person may be appointed to serve for more than two\nconsecutive terms. Members shall hold office after expiration of their terms\nuntil their successors are duly appointed. Appointments to fill vacancies of\nmembers, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms.\nSuch vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Advisory Board shall advise the Board of Education and submit\nrecommendations on policies applicable to the qualifications, examination,\nlicensure, and regulation of school personnel, including (i) revocation,\nsuspension, denial, cancellation, reinstatement, and renewals of licensure; (ii)\nfees for processing applications; (iii) standards for the approval of\npreparation programs; (iv) reciprocal approval of preparation programs; (v)\nstrategies for helping school divisions more effectively recruit and retain\nlicensed teachers; and (vi) other related matters as the Board of Education may\nrequest or the Advisory Board may deem necessary. The final authority for\nlicensure of school personnel shall remain with the Board of Education.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 970; 1992, c. 132; 2014, c. 334; 2017, c. 331; 2019, c. 767;\n2023, c. 748; 2025, c. 144.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}