HOUSE BILL NO. 1829

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Education

on ________________)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Simonds)

A BILL to require the Board of Education to take certain regulatory actions relating to add-on endorsements for mathematics teachers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Education (the Board) shall take the following regulatory actions relating to add-on endorsements for mathematics teachers:

1. Develop and approve a geometry add-on endorsement for teachers licensed by the Board to provide instruction in geometry for students in kindergarten through grade eight; and

2. Amend its regulations establishing the criteria for earning an Algebra I add-on endorsement set forth in 8VAC20-23-440 to (i) eliminate the requirements that candidates complete coursework in calculus, Euclidian geometry, probability and statistics, and discrete mathematics and (ii) permit candidates to receive a passing score on the Praxis Algebra I (5162) add-on endorsement exam in lieu of the requirements that candidates complete coursework in elementary functions, introductory college algebra, trigonometry, and linear algebra.