Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience.
It became law on Mar 24, 2025.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 17
- Latest action
- Mar 24, 2025
What it does
Department of Human Resource Management; hiring on the basis of direct experience. Prohibits any state agency from requiring as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree. This bill is identical to SB 1014.
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Virginia.