Educational Institutions
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; mental health record release authorization when enrolling. [HB-752]
Enrollment in an institution of higher education; mental health record release authorization. Requires institutions of higher education to obtain a mental health record release authorization from students prior to enrollment.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Continued To 2009 In Education By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008
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Involuntary commitment hearings; accessibility of results by colleges and universities. [HB-751]
Involuntary hearing results; accessibility by colleges and universities. Allows colleges and universities to access the outcome of an involuntary commitment hearing by making a motion to the court.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Continued To 2009 In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retirement System; retired members to continue receiving retirement allowance. [HB-739]
Virginia Retirement System; retired members working at public colleges and universities. Permits certain retired members to work as an administrative or teaching faculty employee at a public college or university and continue receiving his retirement allowance.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Charles Caputo House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Economic Development Partnership Authority; adds Chancellor of Community College System to Board. [HB-731]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; board of directors; membership. Adds the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System to the board of directors of the Authority to help better coordinate workforce development in Virginia. The bill contains a technical amendment. The bill, however, reduces by one the number of at-large citizen appointments made by the Governor effective with the next cycle of at-large citizen appointments.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Charles Caputo Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0787) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Parental notification; student's receipt of mental health treatment. [HB-671]
Parental notification; student's receipt of mental health treatment. Requires parental notification from administrative or instructional personnel and school counselors and psychologists who as a result of direct communication with a student have reason to believe that such student is suicidal or is at risk of harming others. In addition, requires parental notification of a student's receipt of mental health treatment for suicidal tendencies or other behavior indicating that such student may be an imminent danger to others. This bill is incorporated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Incorporated By Education (hb1005-bell) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; establishing policies to provide single-sex housing to students. [HB-672]
Higher education; single-sex housing. Provides that each four-year public institution of higher education must establish policies to provide single-sex housing to students that: (i) are entitled to on-campus housing; and (ii) request single-sex living arrangements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Left In Education on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from requirements of Personnel Act. [HB-641]
Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. Exempts the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center from the provisions and requirements of the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.).
Sponsored by: Rep. Clarke Hogan Senate: Continued To 2009 In Finance on 03/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2008; created. [HB-594]
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. Lynwood Lewis House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency. [HB-577]
Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency. Requires the chief of the campus police department of a public or private institution of higher education to report the death or an alleged rape of any person on campus property to the local law-enforcement agency of the locality in which the institution is located. The local law-enforcement agency would assume responsibility for leading the investigation, with cooperation from the institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Alexander House: Left In Education on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel. [HB-524]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain military personnel. Provides that in determining the domiciliary intent of retired military personnel residing in the Commonwealth at the time of their retirement, or the domiciliary intent of their dependent spouse or children who claim domicile through them, who voluntarily elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes, the requirement to prove domiciliary intent in Virginia for one year is waived. Also, the bill provides that any active duty members, activated guard
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0723) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Community College Scholarship Match Program; created. [HB-512]
Community College Scholarship Match Program. Establishes the Community College Scholarship Match Program to provide matching funds to community college foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Funds may be paid on the basis of one dollar state general fund appropriation for every one dollar donated by private individuals, foundations, or corporations beginning on July 1, 2008. These funds must be used to award scholarships to students who (i) are domiciled residents of Virginia, (ii) graduated from a public or private
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Virginia State University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors [HB-513]
Virginia State University Board of Visitors. Increases the Virginia State University Board of Visitors from 11 to 15 members, establishes the term of office of the four additional members, and makes technical and clarifying amendments. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0465) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; program to award scholarships to certain students. [HB-506]
Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program. Expands the scholarship program to award scholarships to students in an approved teacher education program leading to an endorsement in career and technical education. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Scott Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0048) on 03/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management plans. [HB-489]
Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education to develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency management plan. Such plan must be reviewed and revised every four years. The Department of Emergency Management must assist institutions, as needed, in their development of the plan. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. James Shuler House: Incorporated By Militia, Police And Public Safety (hb1449-crockett-stark) By Voice Vote on 02/01/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; retirement plan for teachers and administrative faculty. [HB-483]
Retirement; teachers and administrative faculty of institutions of higher education. Provides that teachers and administrative faculty of institutions of higher education who are covered under an optional retirement plan (in lieu of the Virginia Retirement System) and have 10 years of service with the Commonwealth may make a one-time, irrevocable election to transfer into VRS.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; optional retirement plan for certain employees. [HB-482]
Optional retirement plan; institutions of higher education. Provides that the annual contribution to optional retirement plans covering certain employees at institutions of higher education would not be less than the percentage contribution rate in effect that is generally applicable for state employees who are members of the Virginia Retirement System, including the five percent member contribution rate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
William and Mary Board of Visitors; election by alumni. [HB-427]
William and Mary Board of Visitors; election by alumni. Requires that nine of the 17 members of the Board of Visitors be elected by the alumni association.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Left In Education on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; birth certificate required for admission, report. [HB-425]
Birth certificate required for admission to public institutions of higher education; report. Provides that each public institution in Virginia must require first-time entering freshmen, upon admission, to submit a certified copy of their birth certificate, or an affidavit in the absence of the birth certificate, noting the place and country of birth. Students who fail to submit a certified birth certificate or an affidavit are ineligible for reduced in-state tuition and other state financial aid. Each institution must report this information, without
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Incorporated By Rules (hb14-peace) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; possession of concealed handguns by faculty members. [HB-424]
Possession of concealed handguns by faculty members at state institutions of higher education. Allows full-time faculty members of state institutions of higher education who possess a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun on campus.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole House: Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Freedom of Information Act; exemptions for certain records of public institutions of higher ed. [HB-407]
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); exemptions for certain fundraising strategies and donor records of public institutions of higher education. Exempts records maintained by a public institution of higher education in connection with fundraising activities conducted by or for such institution to the extent that such records reveal (i) personal fundraising strategies relating to identifiable donors or prospective donors or (ii) wealth assessments; estate, financial, or tax planning information; health-related information; employment, familial, or
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Toscano Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0665) on 04/14/2008