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VDOE staff brief advisory panel on licensure changes, reciprocity and new local eligibility license
Summary
VDOE officials updated the advisory board on recent laws and system changes affecting teacher licensure, including expanded career‑switcher options for special education, a reciprocity fast‑track, removal of the VCLA requirement, rollout of the Velo licensure system and procedures for a one‑year local eligibility license that divisions can grant.
Robert Gilstrap, assistant superintendent for educator preparation at the Virginia Department of Education, told the advisory board the department is implementing several legislative changes passed this year that alter teacher licensure pathways and agency processes.
The most immediate changes include: adding special education to the career‑switcher program; HB 632 and related bills that clarify reciprocity and create an online state comparison tool; removal of the VCLA as a statewide licensure requirement; and a new one‑year local eligibility license (LEL) that allows school divisions to authorize a candidate to teach in their division for one year under limited statutory criteria.
"We are currently going through a slight reorganization," Gilstrap said in his opening remarks as he reviewed the bills and their implications for…
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