I support this petition for rule making. Accepting the NCLEP will place Virginia in the position as. Or only the first state to license professional counselors but also the first state to take the needed step towards licensure portability. NBCC certifies counselors at a level equivalent to licensure requirements. Steps towards license portability are critically needed in our increasingly mobile society. This change would not impede any current counselors and counseling students from achieving licensure but instead provide a critical guide for future counselors and counseling education programs to follow.