Core application evidence
Requirement
The application requires the out-of-state license, endorsement alignment and experience evidence needed for the selected Virginia route.
Which application this evidence supports
Virginia has traditional reciprocity and a universal reciprocity route for certain fully licensed teachers with qualifying experience.
What can change this answer
The three-year universal route requires a valid full out-of-state credential and qualifying non-virtual classroom experience.
Conditions to resolve before sending records
- •At least three years of qualifying experience is material to the universal route
- •Traditional reciprocity may remain available when the universal route does not fit
Send identity documents and background records only where the state agency instructs. TeachPassport does not receive them.
Official sources
Check again by 2026-11-01