Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL)
Nov 16, 2026 9:00 AM
The Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL) Meeting will be held Monday, November 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is an all virtual public meeting and will be livestreamed on VDOE YouTube Channel.. If the live stream is unavailable, please contact VDOE staff at Bryan.Jackson@doe.virginia.gov or via telephone at 804-786-2302 or 804-750-8592, and the team will troubleshoot the issue. When VDOE staff is so alerted or is otherwise made aware that the livestream is unavailable, ABTEL will recess until public access is restored. Public comment will be accepted. Written public comment is always accepted and should be emailed by noon Friday, November 13, 2026, to Bryan.Jackson@doe.virginia.gov with the subject line, ABTEL Comment for November 16, 2026. All written comments received by the deadline will be shared with Advisory Board members in advance of the meeting. The Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL) advises the Board of Education and submits recommendations on policies applicable to the qualifications, examination, licensure and regulation of school personnel including revocation, suspension, denial, cancellation, reinstatement and renewals of licensure, fees for processing applications, standards for the approval of preparation programs, reciprocal approval of preparation programs and other related matters as the Board of Education may request or the Advisory Board may deem necessary. The final authority for licensure of school personnel remains with the Board of Education
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Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as sign language interpreters and/or real-time captioning services, are available upon request. Please send accommodation requests to the meeting contact as early as possible but no later than seven business days before the date of the meeting.