1. A. A license may be denied for the following reasons:

   1. 1. Attempting to obtain a license by fraudulent means or through misrepresentation of material facts;
   2. 2. Falsification of records or documents;
   3. 3. Conviction of any felony;
   4. 4. Conviction of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
   5. 5. Conviction of any misdemeanor involving a student or minor;
   6. 6. Conviction of any misdemeanor involving drugs (not alcohol);
   7. 7. Conduct with direct and detrimental effect on the health, welfare, discipline, or morale of a student or minor;
   8. 8. Revocation, suspension, surrender, cancellation, invalidation, or denial of, or other adverse action against, a teaching, administrator, pupil personnel services, or other education-related certificate or license by another state, territory, or country, or denial of an application for any such certificate or license;
   9. 9. Founded case of child abuse or neglect, after all administrative appeals have been exhausted; or
   10. 10. Other good and just cause in the best interest of the public schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
2. B. Any denial of a license for a reason set forth in 8VAC20-23-750 A shall be reported to division superintendents in Virginia and, through a national clearinghouse, to chief state school officers of the other states and territories of the United States.

Statutory Authority

§§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 24, eff. August 23, 2018.