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§ 2.2-1214 Hiring on the basis of direct experience

A. No state agency shall require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree.

B. Subsection A shall not apply 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.

History

This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 475 and 492 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2025, cc. 475, 492.

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Amendment Attempts

HB680: Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience. (failed)

HB1193: Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience. (failed)

HB1611: Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience. (passed)

HB2572: Direct experience recruitment policy; DHRM to develop a statewide policy. (failed)

SB1014: Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience. (passed)