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2017 Session

Budget Bill - HB1500 (Reenrolled)

Department of Education, Central Office Operations

Item 136

Item 136

First Year - FY2017Second Year - FY2018
Teacher Licensure and Education (56600)$2,181,226
$2,052,726
$2,181,251
$2,231,251
Teacher Licensure and Certification (56601)FY2017 $1,806,726
$1,678,226
FY2018 $1,806,751
$1,856,751
Teacher Education and Assistance (56602)FY2017 $374,500FY2018 $374,500
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2017 $244,197
$115,697
FY2018 $244,197
$294,197
SpecialFY2017 $1,937,029FY2018 $1,937,054

Authority: Teacher Licensure and Certification: §§ 22.1-16, 22.1-298.1, 22.1-299, 22.1-299.2, 22.1-302, 22.1-303, 22.1-305.2, 22.1-316 to 22.1-318, Code of Virginia; P.L. 107-110, Federal Code.


Teacher Education and Assistance: §§ 22.1-290; 22.1-290.01; 22.1-290.1, 22.1-298, 22.1-305.2, 22.1-305.1, 23-9.2:3.4, Code of Virginia; P. L. 108-446 and P. L. 107-110, Federal Code.


A. Proceeds from the fee schedule for the issuance of teaching certificates shall be utilized to defray all, or any part of, the expenses incurred by the Department of Education in issuing or accounting for teaching certificates. The fee schedule shall take into account the actual costs of issuing certificates. Any portion of the general fund appropriation for this Item may be supplemented by such fees.


B. The Board of Education is authorized to approve changes in the licensure fee amounts charged to school personnel pursuant to 8VAC20-22-40 A.2.


C. In furtherance of the General Assembly's interest in understanding trends in Virginia's teaching work force, teacher turnover rates, and the market for teachers, as evidenced by such metrics as the number of applicants per position, the Department shall develop and provide a model exit questionnaire that Virginia school divisions may administer to their exiting teachers.