Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Two-Year College Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility, removes registry for Selective Service. [HB-1004]
Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Removes the requirement that individuals register for the Selective Service in compliance with federal law in order to be eligible for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant and the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/27/2022
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Higher educational institutions, public; admission, in-state tuition, and tuition waivers. [HB-1120]
Public institutions of higher education; admission, in-state tuition, and tuition waivers; members of certain American Indian tribes. Requires each public institution of higher education to establish and implement an admissions policy whereby a certain number of annual offers of student admission is reserved for individuals who are members of a state-recognized or federally recognized American Indian tribe that is headquartered in the Commonwealth. The bill declares eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile any non-Virginia student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sports betting; allows betting on Virginia college sports. [HB-1127]
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. Schuyler VanValkenburg
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Historically Black Colleges & Universities in the Commonwealth, Commission on; established, report. [HB-1057]
Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Commonwealth; report. Establishes the 10-member Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Commonwealth in the legislative branch to identify and recommend legislative priorities and policies for adoption or examination by the General Assembly and the Governor in order to provide ongoing support in developing and reviewing services and funding related to the five historically black colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, which are Hampton University,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules (14-y 2-n) on 03/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; debt collection, transcripts and diplomas. [HB-732]
Public institutions of higher education; debt collection; transcripts and diplomas. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from (i) refusing to provide a transcript or diploma for a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt; (ii) conditioning the provision of a transcript or diploma for a current or former student on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript or diploma; (iii) charging a higher fee to a current or former student for obtaining a transcript or diploma, or providing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers. [HB-721]
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers. Adds educational programs at higher education centers that lead to an occupation in a high-demand field to the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back Program (G3 Program) and provides that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall make expenditures and disbursements from the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back Fund. The bill defines higher education centers as the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, The New College
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Stricken From Docket By Education (22-y 0-n) on 01/24/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; disclosure of certain criminal convictions to applicants. [HB-539]
Public institutions of higher education; criminal history. Requires each public institution of higher education to include a disclosure to each applicant that certain criminal convictions may disqualify such applicant from pursuing his intended course of study or living in student housing, if applicable, and that applicants may contact the institution of higher education to learn more about which criminal convictions preclude individuals from pursuing certain courses of study or living in student housing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (8-y 7-n) on 02/24/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created. [HB-565]
Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund. Creates the Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund to support the General Assembly's long-term goal of supporting efforts to increase the number of new eligible credentials in advanced manufacturing. The bill provides that moneys in the Fund shall also be used to improve the readiness of graduates to be employed in advanced manufacturing fields and fields that align with advanced manufacturing growth opportunities identified by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0499) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Military personnel; free admittance to state parks, museums, and cultural institutions. [HB-411]
Military personnel; free admittance to state parks, museums, and cultural institutions. Provides free access to state parks, museums, and cultural institutions to active duty and reserved members of the United States Armed Forces and their dependents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Clinton Jenkins
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies. [HB-525]
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: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0693) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; education preparation programs, coursework, audit. [HB-419]
Institutions of higher education; education preparation programs; coursework; audit. Requires each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education that provides training for any student seeking initial licensure by the Board of Education to (i) include a program of coursework and require all such students to demonstrate mastery in science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction and require such program of coursework and the student mastery required
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0757) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition. [HB-526]
Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition. Provides that a non-Virginia student who is currently present in the Commonwealth as a result of being a victim of human trafficking, defined in the bill, is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill provides that a person may be a victim of human trafficking regardless of whether any person has been charged with or convicted of any offense and that eligibility for in-state tuition may be proved by a certification of such status as a victim of human trafficking by a federal, state, or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0795) on 05/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; notice to students, SNAP benefits. [HB-582]
Public institutions of higher education; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; notice to students; SNAP benefits. Requires each public institution of higher education to ensure that all students have access to accurate information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including eligibility and how to apply. The bill also directs each institution to advertise the application and process for applying for SNAP prominently on the institution's website and in orientation materials that are distributed to each new student.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0483) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia National Guard; Dept. of Military Affairs may utilize grant funding to recruit. [SB-256]
Department of Military Affairs; recruitment. Authorizes the Department of Military Affairs to utilize grant funding to recruit qualified applicants for service in the Virginia National Guard. The bill states that the yearly funding amount for such recruitment shall be at the discretion of the Adjutant General and the Department of Military Affairs and not exceed $50,000 per fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0691) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices. [HB-566]
Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices. Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices. Requires the University of Virginia Medical Center (the Medical Center) and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (the Authority) to make payment plans available to each person who incurs a debt related to medical treatment. The bill (i) requires that such payment plans be provided in writing and cap monthly payments at no more than five percent of the person's household income, (ii) provides that the first payment under
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices. [SB-245]
Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices. Requires the University of Virginia Medical Center (the Medical Center) and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (the Authority) to make payment plans available to each person who incurs a debt related to medical treatment. The bill (i) requires that such payment plans be provided in writing and cap monthly payments at no more than five percent of the person's household income, (ii) provides that the first payment under such payment plan shall not be due until a date that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Incorporated By Education And Health on 02/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. [HB-346]
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education to apply to the Board of Education (the Board) 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 school and no explicit provision
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program; created and established. [HB-485]
Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program for the purpose of distributing emergency funds to students enrolled as full-time or part-time students at public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to assist such students with satisfying non-tuition and non-book emergency financial transactions and costs required in order for the student to complete his certification or degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Stricken From Docket By Education (22-y 0-n) on 01/26/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Higher education; students and student organizations, remedies for certain violations. [HB-406]
Higher education; students and student organizations; remedies for certain violations. Permits any student or student organization aggrieved by a violation of certain provisions of law relating to campus free speech by a public institution of higher education or any employee of such institution acting in his official capacity to (i) bring a cause of action against such institution or employee for appropriate relief, including injunctive relief, monetary damages, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs; (ii) assert such violation as a defense or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Failed To Report (defeated) In Education And Health (6-y 9-n) on 03/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Commonwealth College Completion Fund and Program; established. [HB-694]
Commonwealth College Completion Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Commonwealth College Completion Fund (the Fund) and Program (the Program) for the purpose of administering funds to students enrolled as full-time or part-time students at public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Under the bill, such funds shall be administered to assist students with satisfying non-tuition financial transactions and costs that are preventing such students from reenrolling or signing up for courses with the institution
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022