Educational Institutions
Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report. [SB-1459]
Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011. Establishes the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 for the purpose of fueling strong economic growth in the Commonwealth and preparing Virginians for the top job opportunities in the knowledge-driven economy of the 21st century. The bill provides for (i) a new higher education funding policy; (ii) the calculation of the state general fund share of an institution's basic operations and instruction funding need; (iii) per student enrollment-based funding; (iv) targeted economic and
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Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit. [SB-1448]
Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit. Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies regarding the granting of credit for Cambridge Advanced Exams. The bill also clarifies that students should be eligible for credit for International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations, not courses.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Prison printing shops; higher educational institutions are not required to purchase products. [SB-1444]
Prison printing shops. Provides that state institutions of higher education may, but are not required to, purchase the products of print shops in state correctional facilities.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria for higher educational institutions. [SB-1439]
Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution not admitted to the program as of January 1, 2011, to be eligible, it must (i) be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the Commonwealth; (ii) have its principal place of business within the Commonwealth; (iii) conduct its primary educational activity within the Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Continuing education for prescriber; completion of certain coursework for renewal, etc., of license. [SB-1419]
Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices for licensed practitioners who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances. The bill also requires the relevant Boards to seek to provide free online courses to fulfill this requirement.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; shall not be prohibited from selling complimentary materials. [SB-141]
Higher education; complimentary materials. Specifies that instructional faculty at a Virginia public college or university shall not be prohibited from selling, gifting, or otherwise disposing of complimentary books or other instructional materials sent or given to them by publishers, whether those instructional materials were requested as examination copies or were sent to them unsolicited by the publishers.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility for veterans who elect to establish Virginia as residence. [SB-1391]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. This bill was incorporated into
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc. [SB-1380]
Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; membership. Provides that the presidents of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University may appoint designees for the purpose of membership on the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The designees shall have voting privileges.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; increases amount, students enrollment requirements. [SB-1363]
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program. Increases the amount of the grant from $1,000 to $1,500, federal Expected Family Contribution threshold from $8,000 to $12,000, and requires the students who receive the grant to maintain the continued enrollment requirements at the institution to which they have transferred, rather than meeting a specific GPA requirement.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Virginia College Savings Plan; clarifies roles of two advisory committees to Board, annual report. [SB-1362]
Virginia College Savings Plan. Clarifies the roles of the two advisory committees to the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan and requires the Board to post the annual report on its website.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Higher Educational Institutions; Virginia College Building Authority to issue credit enhancements. [SB-1306]
Private institutions of higher education; credit enhancement. Allows the Virginia College Building Authority to issue or acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued by the Authority. Credit enhancements include, without limitation, surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, guarantees and other forms of collateral or security as well as capital reserve funds for private institutions of higher education.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition; eligibility for in-state veterans who elect to establish Virginia residence. [SB-1289]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. This bill was incorporated into
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications. [SB-1280]
Boards, commissions and councils; membership; appointing authority; abolition. Makes policy improvements and clarifications to several state boards, commissions, and councils including (i) establishing staggered terms for nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, (ii) clarifying the Governor's authority when provided lists of nominees by nongovernmental entities, and (iii) standardizing the terms of chairmen of entities appointed by the Governor to two years.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility for spouse of an active duty military service member. [SB-1279]
Eligibility for in-state tuition charges. Ensures that the established Virginia domicile of a spouse of an active duty United States military service member, and therefore in-state tuition eligibility, must not be affected by the establishment and maintenance of a place of residence in another jurisdiction for the purpose of maintaining a joint household with such member. The bill also provides that the spouse of an active duty United States military service member, if such spouse has established domicile and claimed a dependent student on federal
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; updates powers and duties. [SB-1139]
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Updates the primary duty of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to conform with the agency's recently updated mission statement. The bill contains technical amendments and repeals an outdated Code section.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
UVA; to make full use of additional financial authority granted in management agreement. [SB-1110]
University of Virginia; management agreement. Clarifies that the University of Virginia is authorized to make full use of the additional financial and operational authority granted to it in its management agreement in providing assistance to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Continuing education for prescriber; completion of certain coursework for renewal, etc., of license. [SB-1097]
Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices for practitioners licensed by such Board who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations; clarifies eligibility for credit. [SB-1077]
International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement; course credit. Clarifies that students should be eligible for credit for International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations, not the courses.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; person of other state meeting requirements called to National Guard is eligible. [SB-1074]
In-state tuition; National Guard. Provides in-state tuition for any person who met the requirements for in-state tuition prior to being called to active duty in the National Guard of another state following completion of active duty service if during active duty that person maintained one or more of the following in Virginia rather than in another state or jurisdiction: a driver's license, motor vehicle registration, voter registration, employment, property ownership, or sources of financial support.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary. [HJR-903]
Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary.