Bill Text: VA HB1424 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program & Fund; eligibility, incentive grant awards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-07 - Left in Appropriations [HB1424 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB1424-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-299.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-299.2. National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund.
A. From such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose and
from such gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds as may be
received on its behalf, there is hereby established the National Board Certification
Incentive Reward Program (the "Program"), to be administered by the
Board Teacher, and a
special nonreverting fund within the state treasury known as the National of Education Board Certification
Incentive Reward Program Fund (the "Fund"). The Fund shall be
established on the books of the Comptroller, and any moneys remaining in the
Fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the general fund but shall
remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such funds shall remain in the Fund and
be credited to it. Teacher
The State Treasurer shall manage the Fund, subject to the
authority of the Board
to provide for its disbursement. The Fund shall be disbursed to award incentive
grants to public school of Education staff who have obtained
national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards or who are candidates
for initial national certification or maintenance
of national certification
(MOC) from the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards to assist with the
upfront costs of obtaining or maintaining such certification. teachers obtaining
B. Any candidate
who is pursuing initial national certification from
the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is
eligible to apply to the Department for an
incentive grant from the Fund pursuant to the Program
to cover (i) half of
the total initial national certification
fee, equal to the sum of the cost of
four components and the registration
fee for initial national
certification, to be
disbursed upon initial registration for such certification
and (ii) the remaining half of such total initial
national certification fee, to be
disbursed upon successful achievement of initial national
certification as verified by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.To the extent funds
are available in the Fund, teachers
C. Any candidate who is pursuing MOC from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is eligible to apply to the Department for an incentive grant from the Fund pursuant to the Program to cover the total MOC fee, equal to the sum of the cost of MOC and the registration fee for MOC, to be disbursed upon successful completion of the MOC process as verified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
D. Any public school
staff member who has
obtained national certification from
the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
shall receive obtain from the Fund pursuant
to the Program an incentive grant award of an initial
state-funded $7,500 each year for the
life of the certificate. Such annual
incentive grant awards
shall continue to be paid upon $5,000 and a subsequent award of $2,500 maintenance of renewal such
certification. the certificate. The
Board shall establish procedures for determining amounts of awards if the
moneys in the Fund are not sufficient to award each eligible teacher the
appropriate award amount
E. The
Board may issue guidelines governing the Program as it deems necessary and
appropriate.B.