Educational Institutions
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher education; mental health treatment coordination for certain students. [HB-1609]
Higher education; mental health treatment coordination. Provides that the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education may establish written memoranda of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment. The bill requires each memorandum to designate a contact person to be notified when a student is involuntarily committed or when a student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0735) on 04/03/2013
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Students; admission of those domiciled in State at higher educational institutions. [HB-1605]
Admission of students domiciled in Virginia at public institutions of higher education. Provides that the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education, except for Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University, must establish rules and regulations requiring that by the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, at least 75 percent of students admitted and enrolled at the institution are domiciled in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Left In Education on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
VRS; certain higher educational institution employees in optional retirement plan. [HB-1590]
Virginia Retirement System; certain employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education. Provides employees in the optional retirement plan for institutions of higher education the opportunity to purchase service credit in the defined benefit plan with accrued contributions and earnings and thereafter be covered under the defined benefit plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Onzlee Ware
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Physician Loan Repayment Program; extends eligibility. [HB-1588]
Physician Loan Repayment Program. Extends eligibility for the Physician Loan Repayment Program to graduates of accredited medical schools who are currently employed in a geriatrics fellowship and who agree to a minimum two-year period of medical service in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0255) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. [HB-1543]
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year College Transfer
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Student teachers & student teacher supervisors; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, etc. [HB-1537]
Student teachers and student teacher supervisors; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, and child abuse and neglect data. Requires any student teacher at an accredited public or private institution of higher education, as a condition of participation in a classroom teaching, internship, clinical, or field experience in a public elementary or secondary school or a private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth, to submit to fingerprinting and a criminal history records check. The bill provides that the governing board of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Yost
Left In Education on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons. [HB-1525]
In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that an undocumented person who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for in-state tuition unless he (i) entered and began residing in the United States prior to his sixteenth birthday; (ii) has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) has registered as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) has resided
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Senior citizens; reduced tuition for attendance at higher educational institutions in State. [HB-1496]
Senior citizens; reduced tuition for attendance at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Permits a senior citizen whose taxable income exceeded $15,000 in the year preceding the year in which enrollment is sought to pay reduced tuition at a rate of 25 percent of the total cost for enrollment in courses as a full-time or part-time student for academic credit at a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth if total student enrollment for the course or courses in which the senior citizen seeks enrollment has not
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. [HB-1490]
In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if he meets the following criteria: (i) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth, (ii) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, and (iii) he has provided an affidavit
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Insurance agents; requirements for continuing education. [HB-1486]
Insurance agent; continuing education materials. Requires instructors of an approved insurance agent continuing education course to mail to agents enrolled in the course a postcard that provides the agent with the option to either (i) download the educational materials from the Internet or (ii) request the instructor to mail the printed educational materials to him.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rush
Tabled In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 01/10/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; State Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive financial audit. [HB-1469]
State Inspector General; financial audit of Virginia's four-year public institutions of higher education; report. Directs the State Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive financial audit of Virginia's four-year public institutions of higher education, to be completed by July 1, 2015. The bill requires the State Inspector General to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 15, 2015, detailing any findings or recommendations for improving the efficiency and fiscal practices of such four-year public institutions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
Left In General Laws on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligibile for in-state tuition charges. [HB-1461]
Eligibility for in-state tuition charges; military. Clarifies eligibility for in-state tuition of current and former military personnel and their dependents. The bill also grants eligibility for in-state tuition charges to veterans residing within the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0243) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; modifications to prior revenue bond bills, emergency. [HB-1392]
Revenue bond bills for higher education; modifications. Modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2008 by changing a project at Radford University from "construct residence halls" to "renovate residence halls." The bill also modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2012 by (i) changing a project at the College of William and Mary from "renovate dormitory" to "renovate dormitories," (ii) increasing the amount allocated for such project from $5,000,000 to $14,650,000, and (iii) increasing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lacey Putney
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0008) on 02/20/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; allocation of in-state undergraduate tuition and state funds. [HB-1389]
Higher education; allocation of in-state undergraduate tuition and state funds. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education to ensure that all funds received from in-state undergraduate tuition are dedicated to the purpose of undergraduate education, that 65 percent of such funds are dedicated to undergraduate instructional expenses, and that 65 percent of all funds received from the Commonwealth for the education and general programs of instruction, academic support, student services, institutional
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Left In Education on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Assault and battery; includes campus police officers within enhanced penalty provision. [HB-1380]
Crimes; assault and battery of campus police. Includes campus police within the enhanced penalty provision of the assault and battery section.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Yost
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Small businesses; tax credit for hiring graduates of Virginia's public colleges and universities. [HB-1303]
Tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's public colleges. Establishes, beginning January 1, 2013, an individual and corporate income tax credit for certain small businesses creating new full-time jobs that are filled by persons holding associate's or bachelor's degrees from public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. The credit would equal $2,500 for each such new full-time job. The credit would be claimed for the taxable year at which time the new full-time job was continuously filled for at least 12 months.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Left In Finance on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher education; right of students to assert objection to requirement of academic degree program. [HB-1207]
Right of students to assert conscientious objection to any requirement of an academic degree program in an institution of higher education; liability. Provides that no public or private institution of higher learning may penalize or deny academic credit to a student because he refuses to perform academic coursework because it would force him to violate a sincerely held religious belief. The bill also provides that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall not recognize any accrediting agency that takes any adverse action against an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Education on 11/29/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending George Mason University. [SJR-192]
Commending George Mason University.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj192er) on 03/14/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Community colleges; SCHEV to study offering selected baccalaureate degrees. [SJR-19]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; feasibility for community colleges to offer selected baccalaureate degrees; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education to study the feasibility for community colleges to offer selected baccalaureate degrees in high-demand fields, particularly in geographic areas underserved by other public institutions of higher education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Senate: Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/03/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work. [SJR-181]
Commending the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Marsh
Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj181er) on 03/14/2012