Educational Institutions
Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; restrictions on student speech, limitations. [HB-258]
Restrictions on student speech at institutions of higher education; limitations. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from imposing restrictions on the time, place, and manner of student speech that occurs in the outdoor areas of the institution's campus and is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution unless the restrictions (i) are reasonable, (ii) are justified without reference to the content of the regulated speech, (iii) are narrowly tailored to serve a significant governmental interest, and (iv) leave
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0559) on 04/04/2014
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Higher educational institutions; spending of tuition. [HB-238]
Higher education; spending. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education to ensure that all funds received from in-state undergraduate tuition are dedicated to the purpose of undergraduate education, that 65 percent of such funds are dedicated to undergraduate instructional expenses, and that 65 percent of all funds received from the Commonwealth for the education and general programs of instruction, academic support, student services, institutional support, and operation and maintenance
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Ramadan
Left In Education on 02/12/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for certain letters of recommendation. [HB-219]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for certain letters of recommendation for promotion. Adds a record exemption for educational institutions for confidential letters and statements of recommendation placed in the records of educational agencies or institutions respecting an application for promotion.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0313) on 03/27/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, 4-year; mental health resources available to students on website. [HB-206]
Four-year public institutions of higher education; mental health resources. Requires each four-year public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to create and feature on its website a page with information dedicated solely to the mental health resources available to students at the institution. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0558) on 04/04/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Student-athlete discipline policies; brd. of visitors of higher ed. institutions to establish. [HB-205]
Boards of visitors; student-athlete discipline policies. Requires the board of visitors or other governing board of each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to establish policies for the discipline of students who participate in varsity intercollegiate athletics. The bill requires such policies to include a provision requiring an annual report by the administration of the institution to the board of visitors or other governing board regarding enforcement actions taken pursuant to such policies.
Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0557) on 04/04/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Virginia College Savings Plan; Plan established as a body politic and corporate. [HB-203]
Virginia College Savings Plan; incorporated government agency. Declares the Virginia College Savings Plan to be a body politic and corporate. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0023) on 02/27/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; admission of students domiciled in Virginia. [HB-144]
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, shall establish rules and regulations requiring that by the start of the 2019-2020 academic year at least 75 percent of undergraduate students admitted at the institution are domiciled in Virginia. The bill requires each board of visitors or governing board
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Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Left In Education on 02/12/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; admission and enrollment of students domiciled in Virginia. [HB-137]
Public institutions of higher education; admission and enrollment 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, shall establish rules and regulations requiring that at least 75 percent of students admitted and enrolled at the institution are domiciled in Virginia. The bill requires each board of visitors or governing board to recover any lost revenue
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Ramadan
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; eligibility criteria. [HB-133]
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; eligibility criteria. Permits a student to enroll in a four-year institution by the spring following the award of an associate's degree and remain eligible for a grant under the program. Current law requires a student to enroll in a four-year institution by the following fall to be eligible.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0806) on 05/23/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Commissioned officers; tuition-free instruction at higher educational institutions. [HB-132]
Commissioned officers; tuition-free instruction. Adds the departments of emergency management, emergency services, public safety, and disaster management to the list of departments at state institutions of higher education in which commissioned officers of the organized militia and the Governor's military staff may receive instruction for a period not exceeding 10 months without being required to pay any fee or charge for tuition. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Department of Veterans
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0778) on 04/23/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; Governor may remove any board member with or without cause. [HB-1272]
Governor; removal of board members; public institutions of higher education. Provides that the Governor may remove any member of the board of any public institution of higher education or other educational institution in Virginia with or without cause. Under current law, the Governor may remove a board member for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Algie Howell
No Further Action Taken on 03/08/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Student mental health policies and procedures; violence prevention committees. [HB-1268]
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 that outline circumstances under which all faculty and staff are to report threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a physical threat to the community. The bill also requires each violence prevention committee to include notification of family members or guardians, or both, as a sufficient means of action in the committee's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0793) on 04/23/2014
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Community colleges; workforce training. [HB-1225]
Community colleges; workforce training. Establishes the Community College Workforce Training Grant Program to provide a $1,000 incentive payment to a community college for each student who (i) has successfully completed a noncredit workforce training program at the community college and (ii) subsequently obtains an industry-recognized certification or license in a high employer demand field in the region served by the community college, with such fields to be identified by the State Board for Community Colleges.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Marshall
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women, and minority-owned businesses. [HB-1223]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Defines "historically Black colleges and universities" and provides that the term "minority-owned business" includes historically Black colleges and universities, regardless of the percentage ownership by minority individuals or, in the case of a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or other entity, the equity ownership interest in the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or other entity. The bill also requires that programs to
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Yancey
Continued To 2015 In General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/04/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Christopher Newport University; membership of Board of Visitors. [HB-1161]
Christopher Newport University; Board of Visitors. Requires at least six of the 14 members of the Christopher Newport University Board of Visitors to be alumni of the University.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Yancey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0597) on 04/04/2014
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Higher educational institutions; unfunded scholarships. [HB-1137]
Public institutions of higher education; unfunded scholarships. Adds graduate assistants to the number of graduate students used to calculate the total value of unfunded scholarships annually awarded to graduate students and clinical faculty.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Kirkland Cox
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0594) on 04/04/2014
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Opportunity Educational Institution; abolished. [HB-113]
Separation of powers; Opportunity Educational Institution abolished. Abolishes the Opportunity Educational Institution.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Students and officially recognized student organizations; right to hire counsel, etc. [HB-1123]
Students and officially recognized student organizations; right to hire counsel and right of review of disciplinary decisions. Grants (i) any student enrolled at a public institution of higher education who is accused of a violation of the institution's rules and regulations for the conduct of students that is punishable by a suspension of more than 10 days or expulsion and (ii) any officially recognized student organization accused of a violation of the institution's rules and regulations for the conduct of students the right to hire counsel. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Morris
Left In Education on 02/12/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Higher Education Board, Virginia Commission on; increases membership. [HB-1109]
Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; membership. Increases the membership of the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments from seven to eight by adding one faculty member of a public institution of higher education as a nonvoting member. The bill sets the quorum for the Commission at three voting members.
Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0816) on 05/23/2014
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Longwood University; removal of member of Board of Visitors. [HB-1102]
Longwood University Board of Visitors; removal of visitors. Provides that if any member of the Longwood University Board of Visitors fails to perform the duties of his office for one year without sufficient cause shown to the board, the office of such visitor shall be vacated. The bill also provides that if so many of such visitors fail to perform their duties that a quorum is not met for a year, the rector, any member of the board, or the president of the University may certify such fact to the Governor and the offices of all visitors failing to
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Edmunds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0479) on 04/01/2014