Educational Institutions
Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Smart transportation pilot zone; STO and VDOT shall establish zone to test certain road technology. [HB-1098]
Smart transportation pilot zone. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and VDOT to establish a smart transportation pilot zone to test state-of-the-art smart road technology.
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Commending the Shenandoah University Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing. [HR-515]
Commending the Shenandoah University Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing.
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Virginia 2013 Special I
Commending the Liberty University School of Law Trial Team. [HJR-5039]
Commending the Liberty University School of Law Trial Team.
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Virginia 2013 Special I
Commending the Virginia Tech wrestling team. [HJR-5034]
Commending the Virginia Tech wrestling team.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
William and Mary, College of; management agreement between State. [SB-912]
Management agreement between the Commonwealth and the College of William and Mary; responsibilities of building official. Removes the responsibility for building code compliance at Richard Bland College from the designated building official at the College of William and Mary.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Practitioners, licensed; continuing education required for those prescribing controlled substances. [SB-877]
Continuing education for prescribers; substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices. Requires the Board of Dentistry, Board of Medicine, and Board of Optometry to require continuing education on the topics of substance abuse, addiction, and related pain management and prescribing practices for licensed practitioners who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances. The bill also requires the relevant Boards to seek to provide free online courses to fulfill this requirement.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher ed. institutions; expands eligibility for in-state tuition to certain dependents of military. [SB-857]
Higher education; in-state tuition for military dependents. Expands eligibility for in-state tuition to certain dependents of active duty military personnel, or activated or temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members, who are either (i) assigned unaccompanied orders and immediately prior to receiving such unaccompanied orders were assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace geographically located in Virginia, or in a state contiguous to Virginia or the District of Columbia, and resided in Virginia or (ii) assigned unaccompanied orders
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Boards of visitors; requirements for members of four-year public higher educational institutions. [SB-856]
Boards of visitors; rectors and terms. Requires members of boards of visitors of four-year public institutions of higher education to have served four years on the board prior to being elected or appointed rector. The bill stipulates that such rectors shall serve four-year terms. The bill also changes the terms of all visitors from four years to six years. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Students; increases additional grant to those attending State 2-year colleges for engineering, etc. [SB-848]
Grants for certain students attending Virginia two-year colleges. Provides that a student pursuing undergraduate work in engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching, or science shall be eligible to receive an additional $2,500 more than students pursuing other academic courses of study under the two-year college grant program. Current law allows such students to receive $1,000 more. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Community colleges; certain colleges to develop policies to increase dual enrollment. [SB-846]
Dual enrollment; certain community colleges. Requires Danville Community College, Patrick Henry Community College, Southside Virginia Community College, Virginia Western Community College, and Wytheville Community College, under the terms of their existing dual enrollment agreements, to develop policies to encourage greater dual enrollment in career and technical education courses when such courses are not at full capacity.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; modifications to prior revenue bond bills, emergency. [SB-754]
Revenue bond bills for higher education; modifications. Modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2008 by changing a project at Radford University from "construct residence halls" to "renovate residence halls." The bill also modifies revenue bond bills for institutions of higher education enacted in 2012 by (i) changing a project at the College of William and Mary from "renovate dormitory" to "renovate dormitories," (ii) increasing the amount allocated for such project from $5,000,000 to $14,650,000, and (iii) increasing
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; required to notify parents that student may be suicidal. [SB-624]
Institutions of higher education; suicidal students. Requires public institutions of higher education to notify parents any time the institution receives notification from any source that a student may be suicidal, to the extent permitted by the federal law.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; military personnel eligibility. [SB-605]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; military personnel. Provides that, for current and former military personnel and their dependents, the intent to attend a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth is sufficient for the purpose of establishing domiciliary intent and determining eligibility for in-state tuition rates.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Community Colleges, State Board for; development of mental health services. [SB-372]
State Board for Community Colleges; mental health services. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop standards and policies directing community colleges to adopt, incrementally and as resources become available, a mental health services action plan.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Explosive devices or firearms; possession of with intent to commit violent felony; penalties. [SB-1377]
Possession of explosive devices or firearms with intent to commit violent felony; penalties. Provides that any person who possesses an explosive device within any public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high school, or within any building on the campus of any institution of higher education, with the intent to commit upon the premises thereof a violent felony is guilty of a Class 2 felony. The bill also provides that any person who possesses a firearm within any public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high school, or within
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Gunston Hall; administrative head is appointed by Governor, report. [SB-137]
Gunston Hall; administration. Clarifies that, consistent with existing law, any administrative head of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason bequeathed to the Commonwealth by a former owner, is appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. Additionally, the Board of Visitors of Gunston Hall shall appoint a Board of Advisors to assist in its fulfillment of reporting responsibilities set out in the deed of gift regarding the management of Gunston Hall.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; created, report. [SB-1350]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity created. Creates the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity by consolidating the powers and duties of the Department of Business Assistance and the Department of Minority Business Enterprise. The bill abolishes the Department of Business Assistance and the Department of Minority Business Enterprise. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014, and contains numerous technical amendments to accomplish this consolidation.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher Education, State Council for; accrediting agencies. [SB-1344]
The State Council of Higher Education; accrediting agencies. Prohibits the State Council of Higher Education from recognizing or relying on the ratings of any national or regional accrediting agency unless such agency is certified by the Council.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher education; mental health treatment coordination for certain students. [SB-1342]
Higher education; mental health treatment coordination. Provides that the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education may establish written memoranda of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment. The bill requires each memorandum to designate a contact person to be notified when a student is involuntarily committed or when a student
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; membership. [SB-1333]
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; membership. Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules to determine if the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee or the Chairman Emeritus of the Senate Finance Committee will serve on the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees. Currently, the Chairman must serve.