Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2021 Special I
Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc. [SB-1406]
Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and imposes limits on dissemination of criminal history record information related to certain marijuana offenses. The bill creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority), the Cannabis Oversight Commission, the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board and Fund,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Enacted, Chapter 550 (effective - See Bill) on 04/07/2021
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Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created. [HB-2178]
Bonds for public institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text Reprinted (chap0095) on 03/12/2021
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George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth. [SB-1204]
George Mason University; management agreement. Provides a management agreement between the Commonwealth and George Mason University pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq.).
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0077) on 03/11/2021
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Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created. [SB-1145]
Bonds for public institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text Reprinted (chap0096) on 03/12/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants. [SB-1527]
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0335) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; tuition increases. [SB-1565]
Public institutions of higher education; tuition increases. Prohibits any percentage increase in in-state tuition or instructional fees for undergraduate students at Virginia's public institutions of higher education that exceeds the state-mandated salary percentage increase for state employees of the immediately preceding year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; duties of board of trustees. [SB-1555]
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; board of trustees; duties. Authorizes the board of trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to enter into contracts for the use and rental of agency facilities, structures, spaces, and personal property under the control of the Foundation. This bill is identical to HB 1780.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0310) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; general education course credit, dual enrollment courses. [SB-1534]
Public institutions of higher education; general education course credit; dual enrollment courses. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with each public institution of higher education, to establish a policy for granting undergraduate general education course credit to any entering freshman student who has successfully completed a dual enrollment course. The bill requires SCHEV and each public institution of higher education to make the policy available to the public on the SCHEV and institution's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0309) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes student eligibility, renewal, amount of grants. [HB-2426]
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; eligibility; renewal; amount of grants. Changes the student eligibility criteria for Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program grants by removing the requirement that the recipient be a dependent and by requiring the recipient to be enrolled full time. The bill places the following condition of renewal of Program grants: (i) no recipient shall receive a subsequent grant until he has satisfied the requirements to advance to the next class level; (ii) no recipient shall receive more than one year of support per
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Incorporated By Appropriations on 02/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants. [HB-2427]
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0325) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Workforce Transition Act; eligibility. [HB-2428]
Workforce Transition Act; eligibility. Provides that employees of the Virginia College Savings Plan are eligible for transitional severance benefits conferred by the Workforce Transition Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0359) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Northern Va. Community College, et al.; computer science training, etc., for public school teachers. [SB-1493]
Northern Virginia Community College; computer science training and professional development for teachers. Requires Northern Virginia Community College (i) in consultation with the Department of Education, to contract with a partner organization to develop, market, and implement high-quality and effective computer science training and professional development activities for public school teachers throughout the Commonwealth for the purpose of improving the computer science literacy of all public school students in the Commonwealth and (ii) to establish
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0823) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees. [HB-2379]
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees. Removes the president of Bluefield College from the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority. This bill is identical to SB 1447.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0324) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Concealed handguns; permit holders' possession on property of public higher educational institution. [SB-1450]
Possession of concealed handguns; concealed handgun permit holders at public institutions of higher education. Allows any firefighter, person employed as search and rescue personnel, person employed as emergency medical services personnel, certified campus security officer, or student, employee, contractor, vendor, or faculty member of a public institution of higher education that participates in a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program who possesses a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit or a concealed handgun permit from another state
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (11-y 4-n) on 01/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees. [SB-1447]
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees. Removes the president of Bluefield College from the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority. This bill is identical to HB 2379.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0307) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. [HB-2357]
Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict. The bill also requires the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, etc. [HB-2344]
In-state tuition; domicile; individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Declares, absent congressional intent to the contrary, that any individual granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has the capacity to intend to remain in the Commonwealth indefinitely and is therefore eligible to establish domicile and receive in-state tuition charges at any public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia State University; revenue-producing capital project. [SB-1370]
Prior authorization of bonds to fund certain revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education; Virginia State University. Expands the scope of a revenue-producing capital project at Virginia State University funded by a prior bond authorization. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0614) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; public notice of proposed undergraduate tuition increase. [SB-1376]
Public institutions of higher education; public notice of planned tuition increase. Prohibits the governing board of a public institution of higher education from approving an increase in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees without first providing students and the public a projected range of the planned increase, an explanation of the need for the increase, and notice of the date and location of any vote on the increase at least 30 days prior to such vote.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0523) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Education improvement scholarships tax credit; pre-kindergarten eligibility. [SB-1427]
Educational Improvement Scholarships tax credit; pre-kindergarten eligibility. Expands the educational improvement scholarships tax credit program by including as eligible scholarship recipients children enrolled in or attending nonpublic pre-kindergarten programs. The maximum annual scholarship that a child enrolled in or attending a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program will receive is the lesser of the child's actual educational expenses or the state share of the grant per child under the Virginia Preschool Initiative for the locality in which the
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Failed To Report (defeated) In Finance (10-y 12-n) on 02/13/2017