Part-time or adjunct instructor in public schools; locally awarded subject matter expert credential.
Sponsored By: Wendell S. Walker (Republican)
In Committee
Summary
Part-time or adjunct instructors in public schools; locally awarded subject matter expert credentials; career and technical education subjects or courses. Establishes, enumerates criteria for, and permits a division superintendent or a comprehensive community college to issue a locally awarded subject matter expert teaching credential, valid for a period of one year, to any individual who demonstrates expertise in content or subject matter area relating to career and technical education in order for such individual to provide instruction or coursework in one career and technical education course per semester in grades six through 12 at any public school in the Commonwealth or comprehensive community college in the Commonwealth, including dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment courses. The bill delineates the criteria for issuance of such locally awarded subject matter expert credential. The bill also contains several provisions relating to the employment of individuals under a locally awarded subject matter expert credential, including (i) permitting any school division or institution of higher education to hire any such individual as a part-time or adjunct instructor to teach a career and technical education subject or course; (ii) requiring any such individual to be subject to a background clearance check and the fingerprinting and criminal history records check requirements required as a condition of employment of any applicant who is offered or accepts employment at a school division pursuant to applicable law; (iii) requiring each employing school board to assign an individual employed by such school board as a mentor to supervise any individual issued a locally awarded subject matter expert credential; and (iv) permitting any division superintendent to renew an individual's locally awarded subject matter expert credential for a period not to exceed one additional year, provided that such individual receives satisfactory performance evaluations. Finally, the bill requires each school board to annually report to the Department of Education the number of locally awarded subject matter expert credentials issued pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
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Bill Overview
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Wendell S. Walker
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Actions Timeline
Continued from last session
7/21/2026HouseContinued to 2027 in Education (Voice Vote)
2/11/2026HouseSubcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote)
2/10/2026HouseHouse subcommittee offered
2/10/2026HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1023)
2/5/2026HouseAssigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2/5/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Education
1/14/2026HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102241D
1/14/2026House
Bill Text
Amendment
2/10/2026
Introduced
1/14/2026
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