Educational Institutions
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Eastern Virginia Medical School; reduces minimum number of required meetings of Board of Visitors. [SB-1330]
Eastern Virginia Medical School; board of visitors. Reduces the minimum number of required meetings of the Board of Visitors of the Eastern Virginia Medical School from six per year to four per year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Northam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0168) on 03/12/2013
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Opportunity Educational Institution; established, report. [SB-1324]
Opportunity Educational Institution and Board established. Creates the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board. The bill requires any school that has been denied accreditation and permits any school that has been accredited with warning for three consecutive years to be transferred to the Institution and remain in the Institution for five years or until the school achieves full accreditation. The bill also sets forth requirements for student attendance, staffing, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Alexander
Communicated To Governor on 04/03/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; full or partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. [SB-1290]
Higher education; tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Authorizes public institutions of higher education to grant full or partial tuition waivers to dependent students of faculty members employed by the institution, to be paid for out of the institution's nongeneral funds. The bill would also authorize public institutions to enter into reciprocal agreements that would allow the dependents of faculty to use waivers at other public institutions that are party to the agreement.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Left In Appropriations on 02/18/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligible for in-state charges. [SB-1242]
Eligibility for in-state tuition charges; military. Clarifies eligibility for in-state tuition of current and former military personnel and their dependents. The bill also grants eligibility for in-state tuition charges to veterans residing within the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0166) on 03/12/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. [SB-1233]
In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has provided an affidavit to the public institution of higher education for which he has registered stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (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 resided in the Commonwealth
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Incorporated By Education And Health on 01/31/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia College Savings Plan, Board of; elected positions, technical amendments. [SB-1221]
Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan; elected positions. Eliminates the position of secretary from the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan. The bill also changes the time frame for the election of Board positions from each calendar year to annually. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0649) on 03/20/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds. [SB-1220]
Virginia College Savings Plan; deposit of income tax refunds. Permits taxpayers to direct the Department of Taxation to deposit all or any part of an income tax refund into their Virginia College Savings Plan accounts. The provisions of the bill shall be effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0402) on 03/14/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Education Improvement Scholarships tax credit; changes to reporting of test results, etc. [SB-1206]
Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. Eliminates the requirement that schools with students who receive scholarships from tax-credit-derived sources report achievement test results to the Department of Education, and that the Department of Education publish aggregated data about such students and their test results on the Department's website. Instead, the schools will be required to report achievement test results to the foundation awarding the scholarship to the student. The bill also clarifies that a scholarship foundation meets the
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Finance (14-y 0-n) on 01/23/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Biennial appropriations; changing to start in odd-numbered year. [SB-1105]
Biennial appropriation act. Provides that the Commonwealth's biennial appropriations shall start on July 1 of odd-numbered years beginning with the biennial appropriation act for the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017. The bill requires that the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, would not be a part of any biennial appropriation act (i.e., it would be a single-year transitional budget).
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Left In Appropriations on 02/18/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. [SB-1098]
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
Tabled In Education By Voice Vote on 02/11/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons to meet certain criteria, approval for. [SB-1090]
In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that an undocumented person who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for in-state tuition unless he meets all of the following criteria: (i) he has resided with his parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis while attending a public or private high school in this state; (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 Commonwelath; (iii) he has registered
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Committee Substitute Printed To Web Only 13104827d-s1 on 01/31/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Health insurance; program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of State. [SB-1089]
Health insurance program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth. Removes the authority of centers for independent living and area agencies on aging to join the Local Choice Plan for their employees because private employees are not permitted to participate in a public health plan that enjoys ERISA reporting exemptions under federal law. The bill also makes technical changes to remove obsolete provisions.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Watkins
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0687) on 03/21/2013
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University of Virginia; changes composition of Board of Visitors. [SB-1087]
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 (9-y 0-n) on 01/28/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
University of Virginia Board of Visitors; quorum. [SB-1086]
University of Virginia Board of Visitors; quorum. Changes the number of board members that constitutes a quorum from five members to a majority of members.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Failed To Pass In Senate on 02/23/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Higher Education, Virginia Commission on; Board appointments. [SB-1085]
Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments. Clarifies that the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments is required to evaluate potential appointees to higher education governing boards and to make recommendations to the Governor. Currently, these actions are considered powers and duties of the Commission and the Commission only makes recommendations upon the request of the Governor. The bill also requires the Commission to consider each list of qualified persons submitted to the Governor by the alumni association
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (7-y 5-n) on 01/24/2013
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Community Colleges, State Board for; Board shall develop mental health referral policies, etc. [SB-1078]
State Board for Community Colleges; mental health policies. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop a mental health referral policy that would require community colleges to designate at least one individual at each college to serve as a point of contact with an emergency services system clinician at a local community services board, or another qualified mental health services provider, for screenings and referrals of students who may have emergency or urgent mental health needs.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0049) on 02/22/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Student organizations; religious or political organizations may determine core functions, etc. [SB-1074]
Higher education; student organizations. Permits, to the extent allowed by law, religious or political student organizations at public institutions of higher education to determine that only persons committed to the organization's mission may conduct certain activities. The bill also prohibits, to the extent allowed by law, public institutions of higher education from discriminating against a student organization that makes such a determination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0701) on 03/22/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Tax credits; provides for repeal of donations to certain scholarship foundations. [SB-1000]
Tax credits for donations to scholarships foundations. Provides for the repeal of tax credits for donations to scholarship foundations for kindergarten through twelfth grade students attending nonpublic schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Marsh
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (9-y 5-n) on 01/23/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Commending the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. [HR-165]
Commending the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Taken Up For Immediate Consideration on 02/14/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Regional higher education centers; SCHEV to study management and structure. [HJR-97]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; management and structure of higher education centers; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the management and structure of the Commonwealth's four regional higher education centers. The study will review best practices in the administration of higher education centers; opportunities for efficiency in the operation of higher education centers; and strategies that would ensure higher education centers meet statewide and regional goals.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Edmunds
Left In Rules on 11/30/2012