# Virginia HB1023: Part-time or adjunct instructor in public schools; locally awarded subject matter expert credential. Virginia HB1023, Part-time or adjunct instructor in public schools; locally awarded subject matter expert credential., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Wendell S. Walker (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1023-2027 - As of: 2026-10-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1023 - State: Virginia - Session: 2027 Regular Session - Title: Part-time or adjunct instructor in public schools; locally awarded subject matter expert credential. - Status: in committee - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session - Sponsor: Wendell S. Walker (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: K-12 Subcommittee - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## 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. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Wendell S. Walker (Republican), House ## Actions (8) - 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House) - 2026-02-11: Continued to 2027 in Education (Voice Vote) (House) - 2026-02-10: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House) - 2026-02-10: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-05: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1023) (House) - 2026-02-05: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-14: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2026-01-14: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102241D (House) ## Bill text - Amendment, 2026-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB1023) - Introduced, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230836.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230835.PDF) ## Related bills - SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. 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(in committee) ## Sources - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB1023) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230836.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230835.PDF) ## Related - [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027) - [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027) - [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027) - [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027) - [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027) - [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1023-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).