Educational Institutions
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; selective service registration required. [HB-37]
Educational institutions; selective service registration required. Provides that anyone failing to register for the Selective Service shall not be eligible for admittance to any state public institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; established for purpose of providing grants to students. [HB-327]
Virginia Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program. Establishes the Virginia Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to Virginia students who (i) have received an undergraduate degree within three years from an accredited institution of higher education in Virginia, (ii) are enrolled in a graduate program preparing students for careers in professions having workforce shortages, and (iii) have agreed to work in Virginia upon receiving a graduate degree. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is designated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Saxman House: Continued To 2009 In Education By Voice Vote on 01/21/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2008; created. [HB-31]
Bonds; institutions of higher learning. Authorizes the issuance of 9(c) bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $350,565,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at certain institutions of higher learning.
Sponsored by: No sponsors Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0207) on 03/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; sexual violence prevention. [HB-300]
Higher education; sexual violence prevention. Provides that from such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) must establish a full-time equivalent position to promote sexual violence prevention at public institutions of higher education. In addition, SCHEV must assist in the development of statewide policies regarding sexual harassment, sexual violence, inappropriate sexual relations, and the requirement for sexual violence prevention programs that provide strategies beyond risk
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Richard Bland College; integrates into Virginia Community College System. [HB-204]
Richard Bland College. Integrates Richard Bland College from under the control of the board of visitors of the College of William and Mary into the Virginia Community College System and under the control of the State Board for Community Colleges.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Virginia Museum of Natural History and Science Museum of Virginia; consolidation thereof. [HB-182]
Consolidation of the Virginia Museum of Natural History and the Science Museum of Virginia. Transfers the governance and operations from the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History to the Science Museum of Virginia.
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Left In General Laws on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; reclassification of student. [HB-167]
In-state tuition; reclassification. Provides that if a student obtains a reclassification of domiciliary status from an out-of state-student to an in-state student and such initial out-of-state classification is due to administrative error, the differential between out-of-state tuition and in-state tuition paid by the student must be returned by the institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Stricken From Docket By Education By Voice Vote on 01/16/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; automatic admission to certain students. [HB-165]
Automatic admission to institutions of higher education. Directs the governing boards of public institutions of higher education to provide for the automatic acceptance of those resident students applying for admission who: (i) have graduated from a public or private high school in Virginia with a grade point average in the top 10 percent of such student's graduating class; and (ii) have completed 320 hours of community service in a program approved by the Secretary of Education, in the year preceding the academic year for which the student is seeking
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Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Left In Education on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee; clarifies awarding of scholarship. [HB-1529]
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee. Clarifies that the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee may reduce the scholarship award to any student to ensure that, when the award is added to other financial assistance received by the student, the award does not produce a total of financial assistance in excess of the annual costs of tuition, excluding fees and expenses, and textbooks. Currently, state law requires that the award shall not exceed these annual costs. This bill requires all approved educational agencies
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rosalyn Dance Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0680) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Embalmers and funeral directors; continuing education [HB-1521]
Embalmers and funeral directors; continuing education. Requires 10 hours of continuing education hours over a two-year period, rather than the current requirement of five hours per year. Also requires at least one hour per year covering compliance with laws and regulations governing the profession, and at least one hour per year covering preneed funeral arrangements.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0396) on 03/11/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management plans. [HB-1449]
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. The bill also requires each board of visitors to establish a threat assessment team to develop a campus-wide threat
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0450) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Richard Bland College; specified as governmental instrumentality. [HB-1438]
Educational institutions; governmental instrumentalities. Names Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary as a governmental instrumentality. This bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Kirkland Cox Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0056) on 03/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; aliens unlawfully present not eligible for admission thereto. [HB-14]
Admission of illegal aliens to public institutions of higher education. Provides that an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for admission to any public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; operational authority therefor in information technology. [HB-1390]
Public institutions of higher education; operational authority. Provides operational authority for public institutions of higher education in the areas of information technology, procurement, and capital outlay pursuant to the Restructuring Act of 2005.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Purkey Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0824) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility for Native Americans. [HB-1373]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; Native Americans. Provides that any person who is a member of a Native American tribe officially recognized by the Commonwealth is eligible for in-state tuition so long as such membership is verified. Additionally, out-of-state students granted in-state tuition because of the provision must be counted as in-state students for the purposes of determining college admissions, enrollment, and tuition and fee revenue policies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin House: Left In Education on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax: exemptions for textbooks extended to students at institutions of learning. [HB-1326]
Sales and use tax exemption; school textbooks. Extends the current sales and use tax exemption on sales of school textbooks to student attending nonprofit colleges and other institutions of learning to students attending for-profit colleges and institutions of learning.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace House: Continued To 2009 In Finance By Voice Vote on 02/07/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; board of visitors, etc. to establish threat assessment team. [HB-1316]
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 threat assessment policy and to regularly seek cooperation from (i) residential life; (ii) academic affairs; (iii) law enforcement; (iv) the counseling center; and (v) student judicial affairs. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. David Nutter 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
Community College Scholarship Match Program; created. [HB-1293]
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 of state general fund appropriation for every one dollar donated by private individuals, foundations, or corporations beginning on July 1, 2008. These funds shall be used to award scholarships to students who (i) are domiciled residents of Virginia, and (ii) are enrolled in a Virginia
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Sponsored by: Rep. Clifford Athey House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management plans. [HB-1268]
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: Sen. Adam Ebbin 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
Institutions of higher education; notification of mental health treatment. [HB-1251]
Institutions of higher education; notification of mental health treatment. Requires the board of visitors or other governing board of any public institution of higher education to establish policies and procedures requiring the notification of a parent of a dependent student when such student receives mental health treatment at the institution's student health or counseling center and the student is found to be a danger to himself or others. This bill is incorporated into
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan House: Incorporated By Education (hb1005-bell) By Voice Vote on 02/04/2008