Educational Institutions
Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Higher Education, State Council of; publication of graduate employment rates on its website. [HB-639]
Higher education; publication of graduate employment rates. Requires public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education to publish data on the proportion of graduates with employment at 18 months and five years after the date of graduation. The data shall include the major and degree program, percentage of employment in the Commonwealth, average salary, and average higher education-related debt of graduates. The provisions of this bill will expire on June 30, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Stolle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0694) on 04/09/2012
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University of Virginia; increases size of board of visitors. [HB-629]
University of Virginia; board of visitors. Increases the size of the board of visitors from 16 to 17, of whom (i) at least 12 shall be appointed from the Commonwealth at large, (ii) at least 12 shall be alumni of the University of Virginia, and (iii) at least one shall be a physician with administrative and clinical experience in an academic medical center.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0599) on 04/04/2012
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Higher educational institution; implement policies that recognize scheduling obligation by military. [HB-548]
Higher education; active duty military. Requires public institutions of higher education, in accordance with guidelines developed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to implement policies that recognize the scheduling difficulties and obligations of active duty military personnel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0169) on 03/08/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2012; created. [HB-54]
Bonds; capital projects at institutions of higher learning. Authorizes the issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed $125,594,000 plus financing costs, pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia, for paying costs of acquiring certain revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0490) on 04/04/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
VRS; certain higher educational institution employees in optional retirement plan. [HB-486]
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. L. Kaye Kory
House: Committee Amendments on 02/10/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Gunston Hall; administrative head is appointed by Governor, report. [HB-478]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
House: Stricken From Docket By Education By Voice Vote on 02/06/2012
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Higher educational institutions; employee salaries from state funds. [HB-474]
Higher education; employee salaries. Provides that the governing bodies of the public institutions of higher education shall not pay an employee a salary from state funds that is greater than 125 percent of the salary of the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
House: Stricken From Docket By Education By Voice Vote on 02/08/2012
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferences by localities, etc. [HB-449]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferences by localities, public institutions of higher education, and regional public bodies. Allows a locality to give a procurement preference for goods, services, and construction produced in the locality or by persons, firms, or corporations having principal places of business in the locality. The bill also allows public bodies that are public institutions of higher education or regional public bodies to give such a preference to goods, services, and construction produced in the localities in which the institution
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
House: Left In General Laws on 02/14/2012
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Uniform Certificate of General Studies; credits earned in academic subject area coursework. [HB-441]
Uniform Certificate of General Studies. Clarifies that credits earned in academic subject area coursework as part of the Uniform Certificate of General Studies shall be transferable to a four-year public institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Tata
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0142) on 03/07/2012
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Real Estate Appraiser Board; shall develop continuing education curriculum for licensees, report. [HB-433]
Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education. Requires the Real Estate Appraiser Board to evaluate the development of a continuing education curriculum for licensees that includes the effects of the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy equipment on the determination of the fair market value in the appraisal of non-income-producing residential real estate. Under the bill, the Board is required to report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, and the Housing
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0049) on 03/01/2012
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Funeral services licensees; continuing education requirements. [HB-378]
Funeral services licensees; continuing education requirements. Changes the continuing education requirements for funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers from 10 hours every two years to five hours per year, and allows the one hour covering compliance with laws and regulations governing the profession to include federal or state law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Pogge
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0497) on 04/04/2012
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Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management plans. [HB-305]
Institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Increases the Department of Emergency Management's oversight of institutional crisis and emergency management plans by requiring institutions to certify in writing to the Department that the required annual reviews and functional exercises have been conducted.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0018) on 02/28/2012
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Cooperative Extension Service; requires maintaining local office in each county. [HB-242]
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service; local offices. Requires the Cooperative Extension Service shall maintain a local office with at least one employee in each county in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
House: Left In Appropriations on 02/20/2012
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Insurance agents; continuing education requirements. [HB-209]
Insurance agents; continuing education. Streamlines the continuing education process for insurance agents. The measure provides a producer a period of time during which he has the opportunity to correct errors and effect compliance with continuing education requirements. Provisions that conditioned an insurance agent's ability to submit late proof of compliance or reinstate a license upon payment of monetary penalties are eliminated. The measure also amends the requirement that two continuing education credit hours be in insurance law and regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0294) on 03/21/2012
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Real Estate Board; continuing education, duties of real estate brokers and salespersons. [HB-206]
Real Estate Board; duties of real estate brokers and salespersons. Requires the Real Estate Board to establish procedures for carrying over continuing education credits by real estate licensees. The bill also (i) authorizes the Board to regulate the permitted activities of unlicensed individuals employed by licensees or under the supervision of a broker; (ii) requires brokers to certify that their brokerage firms or sole proprietorships have been audited for compliance with real estate law and Board regulations; (iii) sets out duties for supervising
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0750) on 04/18/2012
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Small businesses; tax credit for those hiring graduates of Virginia's colleges. [HB-191]
Tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's colleges. Creates, beginning January 1, 2012, 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 in-state institutions of higher education. 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. Any unused credit would be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
House: Continued To 2013 In Finance By Voice Vote on 02/06/2012
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Commonwealth Health Research Board; certain employees shall be entitled to state employee benefits. [HB-180]
Commonwealth Health Research Board; staffing. Provides that employees of the Commonwealth Health Research Board, which provides financial support for health research funded through assets distributed to the Commonwealth as a policyholder pursuant to the conversion of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia, shall be employees of the Department of Accounts and shall be entitled to all benefits available to state employees. The bill directs the Board to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Accounts concerning staff support.
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0683) on 04/09/2012
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Judicial Conference of Virginia; membership. [HB-1250]
Judicial Conference of Virginia; membership. Adds to the ranks of the honorary members of the Judicial Conference of Virginia the deans of the Liberty University School of Law and the Appalachian School of Law and the president and secretary of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0076) on 03/06/2012
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Higher educational institutions; governing body to ensure funds received are spent properly. [HB-1247]
Higher education; spending. Requires the governing body of every public institution of higher education to ensure that all funds received from in-state undergraduate tuition and all funds received from the Commonwealth are dedicated to the purpose of undergraduate education and that 65 percent of such funds are dedicated to instructional expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Ramadan
House: Left In Education on 02/14/2012
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Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting, penalties. [HB-1237]
Mandatory reporting of child abuse; penalty. Adds individuals who are 18 years of age or older and who are associated with or employed by any public organization responsible for the care, custody, or control of children to the list of individuals required to report suspected child abuse or neglect; reduces the time limit for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by mandated reporters from 72 hours to 24 hours and increases the penalty for a second or subsequent failure to report from not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 to a fine of not
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0728) on 04/09/2012