Higher Education
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; independent audit. [HB-1892]
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Governing board of public institution of higher education; independent audit. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to submit the annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending the preceding June 30 and the accounts and status of any ongoing capital projects to a certified public accounting firm for the independent audit of such statements at the expense of the institution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason S. Miyares
Left In Education on 02/07/2017
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529 and ABLE Account Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-529]
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[Disabilities ]
[Small Business ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
529 and ABLE Account Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) and ABLE accounts. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.) The bill excludes from gross income a fringe benefit consisting of up to $100 per year (adjusted for inflation after 2017) of employer contributions to an employee's 529 or ABLE account. The employer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/13/2017
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [S.133]
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense (DOD); the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); the National Security Agency (NSA); the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Select Committee On Intelligence. Reported By Senator Burr Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-2. Additional Views Filed. on 01/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; admission of certain undergraduate students. [HB-1886]
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Public institutions of higher education; admission of undergraduate students domiciled in the Commonwealth. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education, except for the Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University, to establish policies requiring that at least 75 percent of undergraduate students admitted to the institution have established domicile in the Commonwealth. The bill requires each such governing board to recover any lost revenue caused by this requirement by increasing
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Sponsored by: Rep. James M. LeMunyon
Incorporated By Appropriations on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; tuition assistance for non-Virginia students. [HB-1887]
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Public institutions of higher education; tuition assistance for non-Virginia students; proceeds from state debt and revenues generated from state taxes and fees. Prohibits each public institution of higher education from using any proceeds from state debt or revenues generated from state taxes and fees that are appropriated to such institution to offer any form of tuition assistance to any non-Virginia student and requires each public institution of higher education to separately account for such proceeds and revenues and provide a report of expenditures
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Sponsored by: Rep. James M. LeMunyon
Incorporated By Appropriations on 02/03/2017
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Higher educational institutions, public; resident assistants training in mental health. [HB-1911]
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Public institutions of higher education; resident assistants; mental health first aid training. Requires each resident assistant in a student housing facility at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program prior to the commencement of his duties.
Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Yancey
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 296 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/03/2017
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Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act Tax Relief for our Nation's Heroes Act [HB-500]
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[Veterans ]
Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act Tax Relief for our Nation's Heroes Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any amount attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness of a veteran who served on active duty and: (1) is deceased as a result of a service-connected death or disability, or (2) has a service-connected disability that the Department of Veterans Affairs has rated as total.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 01/12/2017
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No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act [HB-483]
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No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for funds under title IV. It defines the term "sanctuary campus." The Department of Homeland Security must transmit to the Department of Education and publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination that an IHE is a sanctuary campus. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that providing in-state tuition to an alien who lacks lawful immigration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 01/12/2017
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Exempt certain persons working in postsecondary technical institutes from collective bargaining provisions. [HB-1184]
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Exempt certain persons working in postsecondary technical institutes from collective bargaining provisions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Stalzer
Signed By The Governor On March 10, 2017 H.j. 762 on 03/27/2017
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National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 [S.129]
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National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Currently, NOAA has discretion in awarding such fellowships. Those fellowships support the placement of graduate students in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources in positions within the executive and legislative branches. (Sec. 4) NOAA must establish priorities for the use of donations given for the National Sea Grant Program.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 09/19/2017
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VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 [S.114]
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VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 TITLE I--APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS FOR VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM (Sec. 101) This bill provides funding for the Veterans Choice Program. TITLE II--PERSONNEL MATTERS (Sec. 201) The annual determination of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) staff shortages shall include shortages for a minimum of five clinical and five nonclinical occupations for each network. (Such determination currently includes the five occupations for which there are the largest Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]-wide shortages.)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Became Public Law No: 115-46. (txt | Pdf) on 08/12/2017
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Establish the nonbeneficiary student scholarship program for certain students attending tribally controlled colleges and to make an appropriation therefor. [HB-1180]
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Establish the nonbeneficiary student scholarship program for certain students attending tribally controlled colleges and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen L. Soli
Scheduled For Hearing on 02/15/2017
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A resolution commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship. [SR-14]
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A resolution commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship. Commends the Clemson University Tigers for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Graham
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S320) on 01/12/2017
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [S.106]
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ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by those Acts, effective January 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/12/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Academic Freedom and Protection Act [HB-334]
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Academic Freedom and Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim F. Coleman
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Campus Sexual Violence Protection Act [HB-326]
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Campus Sexual Violence Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim F. Coleman
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017
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Early Pell Promise Act [HB-413]
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Early Pell Promise Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to carry out a program of grants to state educational agencies under which a student who is in eighth grade and is eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act may be provided a commitment to receive a Federal Pell Grant early in the student's academic career. Pursuant to such a commitment, the student shall receive a Pell Grant during the first two
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence
Introduced In House on 01/10/2017
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GEAR UP for Counseling [HB-415]
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GEAR UP for Counseling This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase requirements for grant recipients under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). Specifically, it requires state and partnership GEAR UP grantees to also provide academic and mental health counseling services to participating students. The bill reauthorizes GEAR UP for FY2018-FY2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 01/10/2017
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Encourage our Educators Act [HB-414]
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Encourage our Educators Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions of the teacher loan forgiveness program. Specifically, the legislation reduces from five to three years the period of service a full-time teacher must complete consecutively to be eligible for forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan program. It also increases from $5,000 to $17,500 the amount of available loan forgiveness for an elementary or secondary school teacher in any subject. (Currently,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence
Introduced In House on 01/10/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
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Education Computing Partnerships [SB-190]
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Education Computing Partnerships
Sponsored by: Rep. Bradley G. Last
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/21/2017