Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; eligible institutions, maximum reimbursement. [HB-1264]
New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; eligible institutions; maximum reimbursement per completed noncredit workforce training program. Increases from $3,000 to $4,000 the maximum amount that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is permitted to reimburse to an eligible institution per completed noncredit workforce training program per eligible student pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; SCHEV shall conduct a productivity analysis. [HB-1226]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; productivity analysis. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to conduct and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2022, a productivity analysis of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth that includes, among other metrics, an analysis of the (i) ten-year trend in the ratio of students to full-time equivalent faculty per academic program, (ii) published
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Failed To Report (defeated) In Finance And Appropriations (7-y 7-n 1-a) on 03/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Commending the Norfolk State University baseball team. [HJR-122]
Commending the Norfolk State University baseball team.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 01/27/2022
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Commending the Norfolk State University men's basketball team. [HJR-126]
Commending the Norfolk State University men's basketball team.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 01/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher education; statewide strategic plan, report. [SJR-53]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; statewide strategic plan; report. Endorses the framework of mission, vision, goals, and strategies for the statewide strategic plan for higher education developed and approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) as the Commonwealth's vision and plan for higher education and requires SCHEV to report annually for six years on the Commonwealth's progress toward achieving the plan's goals to the Governor, the General Assembly, institutions of higher education, and the public.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Taken Up on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sports betting; allows betting on Virginia college sports. [SB-576]
Sports betting; Virginia college sports. Allows betting, with the exception of proposition betting, on Virginia college sports. Under current law, betting other than proposition betting is allowed on all college sports except Virginia college sports.
Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Tabled In General Laws (18-y 4-n) on 02/24/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment, contracts. [SB-598]
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education and any nonprofit private institution of higher education that is eligible for the Tuition Assistance Grant Program to establish a college partnership laboratory school as a new school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing school. Under current law, only public and private institutions of higher education that operate approved teacher education programs are permitted to apply to the Board to establish such a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers. [SB-611]
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/20/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Arts, Va. Commission for the; eliminates Va. Arts Foundation and transfers its powers & fund to Com. [SB-597]
Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The bill renames the existing Virginia Arts Foundation Fund (the Fund) as the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund and transfers authority for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0437) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc. [SB-616]
Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research. Makes several changes relating to early student literacy, including requiring (i) each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any individual seeking initial licensure with an endorsement in a certain area, including as a reading specialist, to demonstrate mastery of science-based reading
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0549) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia College Equity Foundation and Fund; established. [SB-466]
Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Equity Foundation and Fund. Directs the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to invest the surplus from the fund for prepaid tuition contracts, if any, in the Virginia College Equity Fund (the Fund), established by the bill. The bill provides that financial management of the Fund is the responsibility of the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan but authorizes the board of the Virginia College Equity Foundation, also established by the bill, to manage a scholarship program funded by the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/27/2022
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Face coverings; prohibits enforcement of policy, etc., to wear. [SB-458]
Employers; institutions of higher education; localities; public schools; face coverings. Prohibits any locality, institution of higher education, employer, school board, division superintendent, school principal, or private school from adopting, implementing, or enforcing any policy, rule, or order related to COVID-19 that requires individuals to wear a face covering.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (8-y 4-n) on 02/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies. [SB-439]
Institutions of higher education; hazing; policies. Establishes mandates at nonprofit private institutions of higher education and public institutions of higher education relating to hazing and defines different types of organizations at such institutions to which the mandates apply. The bill requires each such institution to provide to each current member, new member, and potential new member of each student organization with new members hazing prevention training that includes extensive, current, and in-person education about hazing, the dangers
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0694) on 04/11/2022
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Teacher Training Corps; established, report. [SB-454]
Teacher Training Corps; report. Establishes the Teacher Training Corps for the purpose of attracting and retaining public elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisions in the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students who obtain teaching degrees and certifications at participating institutions and requiring such students to fill teacher positions for specified periods of time at high-needs schools, as defined in the bill, and meet other requirements. The bill also establishes the Teacher Training Corps Scholarship Fund and
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (14-y 2-n) on 02/02/2022
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Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, membership. [SB-395]
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. Adds the president of Virginia State University or his designee to the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority and removes the presidents of Averett University and Mary Baldwin College or their designees from the board of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0611) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Teacher Training Corps; established, report. [HB-860]
Teacher Training Corps; report. Establishes the Teacher Training Corps for the purpose of attracting and retaining public elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisions in the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students who obtain teaching degrees and certifications at participating institutions and requiring such students to fill teacher positions for specified periods of time at high-needs schools, as defined in the bill, and meet other requirements. The bill also establishes the Teacher Training Corps Scholarship Fund and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Bourne
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Commending George Mason University. [HJR-34]
Commending George Mason University.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 01/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members. [HB-1041]
Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty service member or veteran who claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least two years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges, regardless of domicile. Under current law, any such child is eligible for in-state tuition charges if such service member or veteran claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund; unused funds, etc. [HB-853]
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund; unused funds; Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program benefits. Requires any moneys remaining in the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year to be distributed in equal parts to each of the five public institutions of higher education that are required to implement and execute the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program (the Program) for the sole purpose of providing the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
Stricken From Docket By Education (22-y 0-n) on 02/02/2022
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Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, issuance of tuition grants. [HB-857]
Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard who are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0605) on 04/11/2022