Educational Institutions
Virginia 2014 Regular Session
University of Virginia; changes composition of Board of Visitors. [SB-55]
The University of Virginia; board of visitors. Changes the composition of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia from 17 visitors appointed by the Governor to 13 visitors appointed by the Governor and four visitors directly elected by the alumni of the University of Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (12-y 0-n) on 01/30/2014
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Opportunity Educational Institution; delays transfer of supervision of certain public schools. [SB-499]
Opportunity Educational Institution. Delays the initial transfer of supervision of certain public schools from the local school boards to the Opportunity Educational Institution by one year, from after the 2013-2014 school year to after the 2014-2015 school year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Education on 03/04/2014
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Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; residency requirements. [SB-481]
Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; residency requirements. Deems certain surviving spouses and dependents of military service members eligible for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program if the service member through whom they claim eligibility (i) has had a physical presence in Virginia for at least five years immediately prior to the date on which the admission application to the public institution of higher education was submitted; (ii) had a physical presence in Virginia on the date of his
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Sponsored by: Sen. Linda Puller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0184) on 03/05/2014
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Higher educational institutions, private; certification. [SB-460]
Private institutions of higher education; certification. Increases, from 10 to 20, the number of years a private institution is required to have maintained a main or branch campus continuously in the Commonwealth under its current ownership and has been continuously approved or authorized to confer or grant academic or professional degrees by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, by the Board of Education, or by an act of the General Assembly in order to be exempt from the requirement to obtain another certification from the Council.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0629) on 04/04/2014
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SCHEV; articulation, dual admissions, and guaranteed admissions agreements. [SB-449]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; articulation, dual admissions, and guaranteed admissions agreements. Renames the State Transfer Module as the State Transfer Tool and requires the State Council of Higher Education to develop guidelines to govern the development and implementation of articulation, dual admissions, and guaranteed admissions agreements between the Commonwealth's public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education. Under current law, the Council is required to use the State Transfer Module to develop articulation,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0628) on 04/04/2014
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Hazing; institution policies. [SB-448]
Hazing; penalty and institution policies. Requires the policies of any public school or public institution of higher education regarding hazing to be consistent with model policies established by the Department of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, as applicable, and directs such agencies to establish such model policies with the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0627) on 04/04/2014
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Virginia Military Institute board of visitors; appointment of executive committee and president. [SB-445]
Virginia Military Institute board of visitors; appointment of executive committee and president. Removes the requirement that the Virginia Military Institute board of visitors must wait until after July 1 in any year to appoint an executive committee of the board or the president of the board. The bill also removes the requirement that the board must dissolve its executive committee at its next regular meeting or the following July 1. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0367) on 03/27/2014
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College campus police and security departments; DCJS to identify minimum core operational functions. [SB-440]
Campus police and security departments; DCJS to conduct study to identify potential minimum core operational functions. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to conduct a study to identify potential minimum core operational functions for college campus police and security departments. In conducting this study, the Department shall determine the cost to bring existing departments into compliance with such functions and legislative amendments needed in order to require compliance.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0539) on 04/03/2014
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Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant. [SB-429]
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant. Provides that the amount of the Two-Year College Transfer Grant an eligible student receives shall be based on the difference between the costs of tuition and mandatory educational and general fees paid by the recipient at a Virginia two-year institution of higher education and either (i) for a student who transfers to a public four-year institution of higher education, the cost of such tuition and fees at the public institution of higher education to which he has transferred or (ii) for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Appropriations on 03/04/2014
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Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. [SB-419]
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year College Transfer
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (13-y 0-n) on 01/23/2014
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Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2014; created. [SB-394]
Bonds; capital projects at institutions of higher learning. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount up to $245,020,705 plus financing costs to finance revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Walter Stosch
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0487) on 04/01/2014
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Virginia Information Technologies Agency; private institutions of higher education. [SB-392]
Virginia Information Technologies Agency; private institutions of higher education. Provides for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to allow private institutions of higher education chartered in Virginia and granted tax-exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to purchase directly from contracts established for state agencies and public bodies. The bill also requires VITA to seek the assistance of the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia and the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0180) on 03/05/2014
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Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program; created. [SB-362]
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program. Creates the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program, a pilot program administered by the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to improve outreach by state government to the private sector. The objectives of the Program are to (i) strengthen coordination and interaction between state government and the private sector on issues relevant to entrepreneurs and small business concerns and (ii) make state government programs and operations simpler, easier to access, more efficient, and more responsive to the needs of small business
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0700) on 04/06/2014
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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chairman of the Board of Directors. [SB-341]
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Requires the President of Virginia Commonwealth University to serve as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority. The bill also provides that in the event that the majority of the Board of Directors of the Authority and the Board of Visitors of the University disagree upon the selection, removal, or conditions of employment, including salary, of the Chief Executive
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Sponsored by: Sen. Donald McEachin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0456) on 03/31/2014
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Tuition, in-state; eligibility of undocumented persons. [SB-327]
In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) has provided an affidavit to the institution stating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Incorporated By Education And Health on 01/23/2014
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Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. [SB-303]
Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict. The provisions of the bill are contingent
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Left In Education on 03/04/2014
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Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program; claiming credits. [SB-269]
Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Provides that tax credits issued for monetary or marketable securities donations made beginning in taxable year 2014 can be claimed for the taxable year of the donation. Under current law, Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits may be first claimed for the taxable year following the taxable year of the donation.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0176) on 03/05/2014
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Tuition, in-state; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. [SB-249]
In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) he has provided an I-797 Approval
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Committee Substitute Printed To Web Only 14104382d-s1 on 01/23/2014
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Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; elimination of certain duties and programs. [SB-244]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; elimination of certain duties and programs. Eliminates the duty of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to (i) develop policies and procedures for disclosing certain information to students on student lending practices; (ii) develop, in collaboration with public institutions of higher education and the Department of Health, education programs for college students on the etiology, effects, and prevention of infection with human immunodeficiency virus; and (iii) establish institutes
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0484) on 04/01/2014
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Higher education; students' personal information. [SB-242]
Higher education; students' personal information. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from selling students' personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, to any person. The bill does not apply to certain transactions initiated by the student.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeffrey McWaters
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0748) on 04/07/2014