Educational Institutions
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Commending BRCC SIFE - Blue Ridge Community College Students in Free Enterprise team. [SJR-78]
Commending BRCC SIFE - Blue Ridge Community College Students in Free Enterprise team.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj78er) on 03/12/2008
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Virginia Commonwealth University Day; designating as July 1, 2008. [SJR-41]
Virginia Commonwealth University Day in Virginia. Designates July 1, 2008, as Virginia Commonwealth University Day in Virginia, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the university.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj41er) on 03/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Commending Virginia Commonwealth University on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. [SJR-40]
Commending Virginia Commonwealth University on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald McEachin Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj40er) on 03/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Commending James Madison University on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding. [SJR-184]
Commending James Madison University on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj184er) on 03/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Commending the Virginia Tech football team. [SJR-144]
Commending the Virginia Tech football team.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Senate: Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj144er) on 03/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
International education; recognizing importance in higher educational institutions. [SJR-130]
Resolution; International education. Recognizes the importance of international education in higher education in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick Quayle House: Left In Rules on 03/03/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Longwood University; increases number of members of board of visitors. [SB-98]
Longwood University; board of visitors. Increases the Longwood University board of visitors from 11 to 13 members and makes clarifying amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0399) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
College Building Authority; certain projects financed thereby. [SB-795]
Bonds for Virginia facilities and other projects. Authorizes the issuance of bonds under the Virginia Public Building Authority in a principal amount not to exceed $1,103,600,000 , and under the Virginia College Building Authority with the principal amount of bonds issued for all such projects not to exceed $1,353,729,000. The bill also authorizes the State Treasurer to advance treasury loans in an amount not to exceed the costs of planning for certain capital projects with the total amount of treasury loans advanced for the costs of planning
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Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Colgan Senate: Failed To Pass In Senate on 03/13/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; enrollment of aliens. [SB-781]
Institutions of higher education; enrollment of aliens. Provides that any alien must present legal documentation of residence or educational status to be eligible for initial enrollment in any public institution of higher education in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (14-y 1-n) on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Frontier Culture Museum; allowed to lease structures on state property, with Governor's consent. [SB-746]
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. Allows the Museum to lease structures on state property, with consent of the Governor, and allows the Museum to accept donations gathered by the American Frontier Culture Foundation on its behalf.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0242) on 03/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Verification, legal presence; public schools and higher education. [SB-745]
Legal presence verification; public schools and higher education. Requires all public schools to verify each child's legal presence, and, if appropriate, to develop a plan to assist the child in attaining legal presence, or to take other appropriate action as determined by the locality. Specifies that no child shall be denied admission to a public school for failure to provide evidence of legal presence. Also requires public institutions of higher education to require proof of legal presence prior to enrollment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (12-y 3-n) on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
William and Mary, College of; management agreement with State. [SB-705]
College of William and Mary; management agreement. Clarifies the management agreement between the Commonwealth and the College of William and Mary to provide that other than the College Building Official, no individual licensed professional architect or engineer hired or contracted with to perform these functions shall also perform other building code-related design, construction, facilities-related project management or facilities management functions for the College on the same capital project
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment Senate: Continued To 2009 In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/13/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher Education Board Appointments, Commission on; removes sunset provision. [SB-683]
Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; sunset. Removes the sunset on the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. This bill incorporates
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0710) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; prohibits certain persons from eligibility for in-state tuition. [SB-652]
In-state tuition; eligibility of certain individuals. Allows any person to be eligible for in-state tuition who (i) resided with his parent while attending high school in Virginia, (ii) graduated from a public or private high school or received a GED in Virginia, (iii) resided in Virginia for at least three years, (iv) registered as an entering student in an institution of higher education, (v) is not currently in removal proceedings and has petitioned to become a permanent resident, and (vi) has filed, or has a parent who has filed, Virginia tax
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger Senate: Failed To Pass In Senate on 03/13/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; requesting complete student record from high school. [SB-636]
Higher education; high school records. Allows each public and private institution of higher education to request from its students complete student records, including any mental health records held by the originating school. These records shall be kept confidential as required by state and federal law, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0571) on 03/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Eastern Virginia Medical School; length of term for Board of Visitors. [SB-613]
Eastern Virginia Medical School; Board of Visitors terms. Allows officers of the Board of Visitors to serve up to three additional one-year terms. Contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Stolle Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0658) on 03/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created. [SB-581]
General obligation bonds; educational facilities. Authorizes the issuance of 9(b) bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $1,525,492,000 for certain educational facilities, subject to approval by the voters voting at the November 4, 2008, general election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Colgan Senate: Stricken At Request Of Patron In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/13/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
University of Virginia; appointments of board of visitors. [SB-569]
Board of visitors; University of Virginia. Provides that all appointments made on or after July 1, 2008, to the board of visitors must be for terms of four years that commence on July 1 of the first year of appointment. Such terms expire on June 30 of the year of scheduled expiration, including appointments made before July 1, 2008. This bill is identical to HB 989 (Bell).
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0155) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; first warning and emergency notification system required. [SB-538]
Higher education; first warning and emergency notification system required. Mandates that by January 1, 2009, each public institution of higher education establish a comprehensive, prompt, and reliable first warning and emergency notification system for students, staff, and faculty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0413) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; board of visitors, etc. to establish violence prevention committee. [SB-539]
Higher Education; threat assessment teams at each public institution of higher education. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to establish a threat assessment team. The bill also requires the team to adopt a campus-wide committee charged with education and prevention of violence on campus.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0533) on 03/17/2008