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Virtual Meeting of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL) - Monday, January 12, 2026

The Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL) Meeting will be held January 12, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is an all-virtual public meeting and will be electronic only. The meeting will be livestreamed on VDOE YouTube Channel.

Public comment will be accepted. Written public comment is always accepted and should be emailed by noon on Friday, January 9, 2026, to Rob.Gilstrap@doe.virginia.gov with the subject line, ABTEL Comment for January 12, 2026. All written comments received by the deadline will be shared with Advisory Board members in advance of the meeting.

For additional questions regarding the meeting, please dial (804) 750-8190. This number may be used for members of the public to alert VDOE staff if the audio or visual transmission of the meeting has failed. When VDOE staff is so alerted or is otherwise made aware that such transmission has failed, ABTEL will recess until public access is restored.

Overview 

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.

Meetings, Agendas and Minutes

2025-2026

Regular meetings are held in the James Monroe Building, 22nd Floor Board Room. The meeting on Monday, January 12, 2026, is Virtual.

2024-2025

  • Monday, November 18, 2024

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

2020-21

2019-20

About ABTEL

The board consists of 21 members appointed by the Board of Education.

  • Ten members of the Advisory Board shall be classroom teachers, with at least the following representation: three elementary school teachers, three middle school teachers, and three high school teachers.
  • Three members of the Advisory Board shall be school administrators, one of whom shall be a school principal, one of whom shall be a division superintendent, and one of whom shall be a school personnel administrator.
  • Four members of the Advisory Board shall be faculty members in teacher preparation programs in public or private institutions of higher education, who may represent the arts and sciences.
  • One member of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a school board.
  • One member of the Advisory Board shall be a member of a parent-teacher association.
  • One member of the Advisory Board shall be a representative of the business community.
  • One member shall be a citizen at large.
  • The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, or their designees, shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the Advisory Board.  The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, or his designee, shall serve as an ex officio member of the Advisory Board.

Board members are appointed for three-year terms. No member may be appointed to serve for more than two consecutive terms.

The board meets five times per year or upon the request of the chairman or the Board of Education.

The members of the Advisory Board serve without compensation; however, the necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties are reimbursed by the Department of Education.