HB 836

            
2020 SESSION

20107012D

HOUSE BILL NO. 836

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Education

on January 29, 2020)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Carroll Foy)

A BILL to require the Department of Education to develop a plan
to adopt and implement standards for microcredentials.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. � 1. The Department of Education shall develop a
plan to adopt and implement standards for microcredentials used toward add-on
endorsements and renewal of licenses earned by Virginia license holders in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Such plan
shall include (i) a process for reviewing and administering educator
microcredentials; (ii) assurances that educator microcredentials rely upon
demonstrable evidence from the submission of artifacts, such as student
projects and teacher lesson plans, that are then objectively scored against
existing rubrics; and (iii) assurances that educator microcredentials focus on
interrelated competencies leading to logical teacher professional development
pathways and stacks of educator microcredentials and align with the Board of
Educations ongoing work on educator professional development. Such plan shall
also include the resources needed for statewide implementation. The Department
of Education shall complete and submit the plan to the Chairmen of the House
Committee on Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate
Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance no later
than December 1, 2020.