Educational Institutions
Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Private or out-of-state higher educational institutions; revoked certification. [SB-169]
Private or out-of-state institutions of higher education; certification. Allows a private or out-of-state institution of higher education whose certification has been revoked by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to continue to enroll students for up to five years, provided that it demonstrates to the Council that it has undergone a change in leadership and is actively pursuing recertification by the Council.
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Gunston Hall; administrative head is appointed by Governor, report. [SB-137]
Gunston Hall; administration. Clarifies that, consistent with existing law, any administrative head of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason bequeathed to the Commonwealth by a former owner, is appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. Additionally, the Board of Visitors of Gunston Hall shall appoint a Board of Advisors to assist in its fulfillment of reporting responsibilities set out in the deed of gift regarding the management of Gunston Hall.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Jefferson College of Health Sciences. [SB-105]
Roanoke Higher Education Authority. Removes the president of the Jefferson College of Health Sciences from the Board of Trustees governing the Roanoke Higher Education Authority.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Reduced Tuition Program; created. [SB-104]
Higher education; partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Requires public institutions of higher education to grant a 50 percent tuition waiver to dependent students of current full-time faculty members who have been employed full time by any one or more public Virginia colleges or universities for an aggregate period of at least seven years if sufficient funds are available in the Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Reduced Tuition Fund. The waiver would be valid at any public institution of higher education.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; created. [SB-100]
Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program. Establishes the Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program to provide matching funds to two-year college foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Funds paid shall not exceed $5 million, in aggregate, in any fiscal year. These funds shall be used to award scholarships to students who (i) are domiciled residents of Virginia and (ii) are enrolled in an associate degree program in a Virginia two-year college based on science, technology, engineering, math, education, or nursing.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending Norfolk State University on hosting Sesquicentennial of Civil War Conference. [HR-21]
Commending Norfolk State University on hosting the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission's 2010 Signature Conference.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Regional higher education centers; SCHEV to study management and structure. [HJR-97]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; management and structure of higher education centers; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the management and structure of the Commonwealth's four regional higher education centers. The study will review best practices in the administration of higher education centers; opportunities for efficiency in the operation of higher education centers; and strategies that would ensure higher education centers meet statewide and regional goals.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Baccalaureate degrees, selected; feasibility for community colleges to offer, report. [HJR-95]
Study; joint subcommittee to study feasibility for community colleges to offer selected baccalaureate degrees; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility and implications of the option for community colleges to offer selected baccalaureate degrees in high-demand fields at limited geographic locations for needs that are currently unmet by other institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; religious or theological education for military chaplains, etc. [HJR-9]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); aid for nonpublic higher education; religious or theological education for military chaplains. Allows the General Assembly to provide for loans to, and grants to or on behalf of, students attending nonprofit institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth whose primary purpose is to provide religious training or theological education, provided the students are approved candidates for the chaplaincy of any active duty or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, including the Virginia National
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the Randolph-Macon College volleyball team. [HJR-61]
Commending the Randolph-Macon College volleyball team.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the Patrick Henry College moot court national championship team. [HJR-488]
Commending the Patrick Henry College moot court national championship team.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. [HJR-389]
Commending the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending George Mason University. [HJR-384]
Commending George Mason University.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work [HJR-380]
Commending the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the Norfolk State University football team. [HJR-322]
Commending the Norfolk State University football team.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the Norfolk State University men's cross country team. [HJR-321]
Commending the Norfolk State University men's cross country team.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Eastern Virginia Medical School; SCHEV to study merging with Old Dominion University. [HJR-173]
Study; merging Eastern Virginia Medical School with Old Dominion University; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study merging Eastern Virginia Medical School with Old Dominion University. In conducting its study, the Council shall examine the impact of having a state-supported medical school in the Hampton Roads region; consider the fiscal implications merging Eastern Virginia Medical School into Old Dominion University; and accept input from interested stakeholders, including the boards of visitors of both institutions.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; JLARC to study cost efficiency and opportunities to reduce cost. [HJR-108]
Study; JLARC to study cost efficiency in higher education; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the cost efficiency of the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education and to identify opportunities to reduce the cost of public higher education in Virginia. This study ends in November 2014.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting, penalties. [HB-970]
Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; public and private college employees. Adds any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education other than an attorney who is employed by a public or private institution of higher education who obtains information about suspected abuse or neglect of a child in the course of providing legal representation to a client to the list of individuals required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Sexual assault response teams; State attorney to invite chiefs of campus police to annual meeting. [HB-969]
Sexual assault response teams; addition of campus police. Requires each attorney for the Commonwealth to invite any chiefs of campus police of institutions of higher education located within the jurisdiction to the annual SART meeting.