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VDOE staff brief board on bills being tracked; board records procedural motions and several items 'fall to the floor'

AdTel (Advisory Board on Teacher Licensure), Virginia Department of Education · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Department staff summarized key bills the agency is monitoring, including HB0031 (high-vacancy schools and $10,000 supplement), HB0116 (grievance procedures before dismissal), and others; the board passed a procedural motion to vote three Praxis items individually but no motions were made to approve the individual assessments, so each item fell to the floor.

Rob Gilstrap reviewed legislation the department is tracking in the current General Assembly session. Highlights included HB0031, which would create a "high vacancy" school designation (top 10% of schools by vacancy) and provide a $10,000 supplemental payment to professionally licensed teachers in those schools; the designation would persist…

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