                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2030) LICENSE REQUIRED OF TEACHERS; PROVISIONAL LICENSES;
EXCEPTIONS (§ 22.1-299)

A. No teacher shall be regularly employed by a school board or paid from public
funds unless such teacher holds a license or provisional license issued by the
Board.

B. Notwithstanding the provision in § 22.1-298.1 that the provisional license
is limited to three years, the following exceptions shall apply:

   1. If a teacher employed in the Commonwealth under a provisional license is
   activated or deployed for military service within a school year (July 1-June
   30), an additional year shall be added to the teacher&#8217;s provisional
   license for each school year or portion thereof during which the teacher is
   activated or deployed. The additional year shall be granted the year following
   the return of the teacher from deployment or activation.

   2. The Board shall extend for at least one additional year, but for no more
   than two additional years, the three-year provisional license of a teacher
   upon receiving from the division superintendent (i) a recommendation for such
   extension and (ii) satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for
   each year during the original three-year provisional license that such teacher
   was actually employed and received a filed performance evaluation.

   3. The Board shall extend for at least one additional year, but for no more
   than two additional years, the three-year provisional license of a teacher
   employed in an accredited private elementary or secondary school or a school
   for students with disabilities that is licensed pursuant to Chapter 16 (&#xA7;
   22.1-319 et seq.) upon receiving from the school administrator of such school
   (i) a recommendation for such extension and (ii) satisfactory performance
   evaluations for such teacher for each year of the original three-year
   provisional license.

C. In accordance with regulations prescribed by the Board, a person not meeting
the requirements for a license or provisional license may be employed and paid
from public funds by a school board temporarily as a substitute teacher to meet
an emergency.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-204; 1954, c. 638; 1958, c. 300; 1979, c. 532; 1980,
c. 559; 1992, c. 132; 2000, c. 689; 2008, c. 51; 2013, cc. 588, 650; 2018, cc.
748, 749; 2020, cc. 172, 639; 2023, cc. 748, 800.