Section 22.1-299.5 - Waiver of teacher licensure requirements; trade and industrial education programsA. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any division superintendent may apply to the Department of Education for a biennial waiver of the teacher licensure requirements for any individual whom the local school board hires or seeks to hire to teach in a trade and industrial education program who has obtained or is working toward an industry credential relating to the program area and who has at least 4,000 hours of recent and relevant employment experience, as defined by the Board pursuant to regulation.B. The Department of Education shall establish a procedure for submitting, receiving, and acting upon such biennial waiver applications. 2016, c. 435; 2018, cc. 748, 749.Amended by Acts 2018 c. 749, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by Acts 2018 c. 748, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.Added by Acts 2016 c. 436, § 1, eff. 7/1/2016.