                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADVISORY BOARD ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND LICENSURE (§ 22.1-305.2)

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 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.
		The 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 § 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 §§ 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.
		The 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.
		The 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. The final authority for
licensure of school personnel shall remain with the Board of Education.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 970; 1992, c. 132; 2014, c. 334; 2017, c. 331; 2019, c. 767;
2023, c. 748; 2025, c. 144.