# Virginia SB217: National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; eligibility.

Virginia SB217, National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; eligibility., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB217-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB217
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; eligibility.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-09
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; eligibility; incentive grant awards. Renames the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund as the National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund, expands eligibility for incentive grant awards from such Fund pursuant to such Program from solely teachers who have obtained national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to (i) all public school staff who are candidates for initial national certification or maintenance of national certification to cover certain costs of obtaining or maintaining such certification and (ii) all public school staff who have successfully obtained or maintained such certification. The bill also declares as eligible for an annual incentive grant award in the amount of $7,500 all public school staff who have obtained or maintained such certification and an additional $2,500 in any year during the life of certificate in which the public school staff member is employed in a Title 1 school. Current law declares as eligible for an annual incentive grant award of $5,000 in the first year and $2,500 in each subsequent year all teachers who have obtained or maintained such certification.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2026-01-09: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-01-09: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101216D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229624.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229623.PDF)

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- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229624.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229623.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB217-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).