Educational Institutions
Virginia 2014 Regular Session
FOIA; record exemption for certain administrative investigations by higher educational institutions. [HB-703]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for administrative investigations by public institutions of higher education. Exempts from FOIA administrative investigations conducted by a public institution of higher education relating to individual employment discrimination complaints or audits/investigations of any officer, department, or program at such institutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Todd Gilbert
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0414) on 03/31/2014
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Higher educational institutions; maintenance of optional retirement plan. [HB-700]
Optional retirement plans maintained by institution of higher education. Allows the governing board of an institution of higher education that has established its own optional retirement plan to establish a policy regarding the number of years of service that an employee must perform before being entitled to receive all contributions made by the institution on his behalf to the plan. The policy would only apply to employees hired on or after July 1, 2014, who are not in continuous service at the time of hiring.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0764) on 04/07/2014
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Campus police and school security officers; assault and battery, penalty. [HB-698]
Assault and battery of campus police and school security officers; penalty. Adds campus police officers and school security officers and includes all full-time or part-time school personnel to the list of persons for which an enhanced penalty applies if such person is victimized because of his position.
Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Ransone
Stricken From Docket By Courts Of Justice By Voice Vote on 02/03/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher education; changes name of Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program. [HB-696]
Higher education; Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program. Changes the name of the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program to Virginia College for All and establishes eligibility criteria for public institutions of higher education to participate, including guarantees that (i) all enrolled undergraduate students from low-income families can afford the full cost of attendance associated with the institution without incurring student loan debt and (ii) all enrolled undergraduate students from middle-income families can attend and complete a degree-granting
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Sponsored by: Rep. K. Rob Krupicka
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Income tax; tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's public colleges. [HB-678]
Tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia's public colleges. Establishes, beginning January 1, 2014, an individual and corporate income tax credit for certain small businesses creating new full-time jobs that are filled by persons holding associate or bachelor's degrees from public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. The credit would equal $2,500 for each such new full-time job. However, if the new full-time job created is a STEM or STEAM position that is filled by a graduate with a STEM or STEAM degree then
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; student eligibility, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. [HB-59]
In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Declares a student 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 Notice stating
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
College campus police and security departments; DCJS to identify minimum core operational functions. [HB-587]
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: Rep. Joseph Yost
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0278) on 03/24/2014
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Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; residency requirements. [HB-576]
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: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0657) on 04/06/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; students eligible for grants. [HB-573]
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program (Program), including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive an award from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive an award in an amount greater than other grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive an award
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Kirkland Cox
Left In Finance on 03/04/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; violence prevention committee policies and procedures. [HB-544]
Public institutions of higher education; violence prevention committee policies and procedures. Requires the violence prevention committee of each public institution of higher education to establish policies and procedures to encourage all faculty and staff to report threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the community and to self to members of the campus community identified by the committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; counting out-of-state students for certain purposes. [HB-501]
Counting students granted in-state tuition for certain purposes. Requires (i) students who live outside the Commonwealth, have been employed full time inside Virginia for at least one year, and were granted in-state tuition and (ii) any active duty members, activated guard or reservist members, or guard or reservist members mobilized or on temporary active orders for six months or more residing in Virginia who were granted in-state tuition to be counted as in-state students for the purposes of determining college admissions, enrollment, and tuition
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0762) on 04/07/2014
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Assault and battery; of campus police, penalty. [HB-496]
Assault and battery of campus police; penalty. Adds campus police officers to the list of persons for which an enhanced penalty applies if such person is victimized because of his position.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Yost
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; interstate agreements. [HB-467]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; interstate agreements. Authorizes the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to enter into interstate reciprocity agreements authorizing postsecondary distance education. SCHEV will administer the agreements and will approve or disapprove participation in the agreements by degree-granting institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Participation in the agreements by the institutions is voluntary. The bill also requires SCHEV to establish the Distance Learning Reciprocity Advisory
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0323) on 03/27/2014
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University of Virginia Board of Visitors; increases number of members on executive committee. [HB-465]
University of Virginia Board of Visitors; executive committee. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of members of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors permitted to serve on the executive committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0567) on 04/04/2014
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Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program; claiming credits. [HB-464]
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: Rep. James Massie
Stricken From Docket By Finance By Voice Vote on 02/03/2014
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Higher educational institutions; year-round instruction. [HB-436]
Public institutions of higher education; year-round instruction. Repeals the section of the Code of Virginia that continues in effect a chapter of the Acts of Assembly that directs certain public institutions of higher education to be placed on a year-round basis of instruction as soon as their financial resources will warrant to expedite the training of teachers. The bill is a recommendation of the Code Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0006) on 02/20/2014
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Virginia Community College System; quorum and main office of State Board for Community Colleges. [HB-356]
Virginia Community College System; quorum and main office of the State Board for Community Colleges. Removes the requirement that the main office of the State Board for Community Colleges be located in the City of Richmond and permits the main office to be located anywhere in the Commonwealth. The bill also changes from seven to eight the number of members of the Board that constitute a quorum for all purposes. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Taylor
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0652) on 04/06/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chairman of the Board of Directors. [HB-355]
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Provides that the President of Virginia Commonwealth University shall 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 a 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 appointment, including salary, of the Chief Executive
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Kirkland Cox
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0003) on 02/20/2014
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Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program; created. [HB-321]
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: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0063) on 03/03/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; admission of students domiciled in Virginia. [HB-28]
Public institutions of higher education; admission of students domiciled in Virginia. Provides that the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education, except for the Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University, must establish rules and regulations requiring that by the start of the 2019-2020 academic year at least 75 percent of students admitted and enrolled at the institution are domiciled in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
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