Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; use of investment fund earnings. [HB-2171]
Public institutions of higher education; annual report; investments. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to annually report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (i) the value of investments as reflected on the Statement of Net Position as of June 30 of the previous fiscal year, excluding any funds derived from endowment donations, endowment income, or other private philanthropy; (ii) the cash earnings on such balances in the previous fiscal year; and (iii) the use of the cash earnings on such
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0320) on 03/13/2017
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Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; members of board of trustees, powers and duties. [HB-2172]
Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. Requires Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. Requires the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (the Center) to encourage the development and delivery of workforce training in collaboration with educational institutions serving the region, with a focus on critical shortage areas and the needs of industry. The bill replaces the superintendent of the Halifax County Public Schools as an ex officio member of the board of trustees of the Center with a superintendent of a public school division located
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Edmunds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0236) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Transportation, Department of, and University of Virginia; use agreement. [HB-2214]
Department of Transportation and the University of Virginia; use agreement. Authorizes a use agreement between the Department of Transportation and the University of Virginia to permit the Department of Transportation use of the Shelburne Building on the University of Virginia Charlottesville campus for a period not to exceed 50 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Toscano
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0127) on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreement with each student. [HB-2040]
Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreement. Prohibits postsecondary schools that are required to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) from enrolling students without entering into an enrollment agreement with each student. The enrollment agreement is required to be signed by the student and an authorized representative of the school and to contain all disclosures prescribed by the Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0298) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Commercial driver's license; instruction in comprehensive community colleges. [HB-2075]
Commercial driver's license instruction; comprehensive community colleges. Allows comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System to administer the in-vehicle component of driver instruction to students enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by such community college who have failed the behind-the-wheel examination or general knowledge examination for a commercial driver's license three times. The bill requires that after such additional training, the Department of Motor Vehicles only shall administer the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0232) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Suicide prevention; continuing education requirements for providers. [HB-2042]
Suicide prevention; continuing education requirements for providers. Requires continuing education related to suicide assessment, treatment, and management for all licensed doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and chiropractic medicine; licensed physician assistants; licensed nurse practitioners; licensed occupational therapists; licensed registered nurses; licensed practical nurses; licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants; licensed counselors, substance abuse treatment practitioners, and marriage and family therapists; licensed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; immigration enforcement. [HB-2001]
Immigration enforcement at public institutions of higher education. Requires the governing board and each employee of each public institution of higher education to cooperate in the enforcement of federal law by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement on the institution's campus, in any noncampus building or property, and on public property, as such terms are defined in relevant state law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Left In Education on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Students who receive home instruction; dual enrollment courses. [HB-2007]
Students who receive home instruction; dual enrollment courses. Requires each school board to permit any student who receives home instruction and resides in the local school division to apply for enrollment as a part-time student, as defined in the general appropriation act, of the local school division in any dual enrollment course offered pursuant to an agreement for postsecondary degree attainment at a public high school in the local school division or at the comprehensive community college. The bill specifies that no such student shall be required
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Failed To Report (defeated) In Finance (8-y 8-n) on 02/14/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; annual executive summary. [HB-2004]
Governing board of public institutions of higher education; annual executive summary; enrollment and financial assistance data for certain students. Requires the annual executive summary submitted by the governing board of each public institution of higher education to the General Assembly and the Governor to indicate the number of undergraduate students enrolled full time who are not citizens of the United States and the number of such students who receive annual financial assistance to attend such institution in an amount greater than 25 percent
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Stricken From Docket By Education By Voice Vote on 02/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Education improvement scholarships tax credit; eligibility & benefits for certain students. [HB-1966]
Education improvement scholarships tax credit; eligibility requirements and benefits for students with a disability. Expands the education improvement scholarships tax credit program by removing the requirement that a child with a disability be a student enrolled or recently enrolled in public school in order to be eligible. The bill reduces the penalty for failure to fully disburse all donations received from 200 percent to 100 percent of unused donations. The bill increases the scholarship amount available for an eligible child with a disability
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Stricken From Docket By Finance By Voice Vote on 01/30/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Education improvement scholarships; increases tax credit. [HB-1962]
Education Improvement Scholarships tax credit. Increases the Education Improvement Scholarships tax credit from 65 percent to 90 percent of the value of donations made to nonprofit scholarship foundations, beginning in taxable year 2018.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Read Second Time on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, refinancing loan guaranty program. [HB-1895]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; refinancing loan guaranty program. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority (the Authority), to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which the Authority may guarantee the obligations of an individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth under loans that refinance such education loan debt. The measure limits eligibility to individuals who have
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; independent audit. [HB-1892]
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 Miyares
Left In Education on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Military personnel, certain; eligibility of dependents for in-state tuition. [SB-1121]
Dependents of certain military personnel; in-state tuition. Provides that dependents of active duty military personnel and veterans who are eligible to receive educational assistance under the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill and have transferred the educational assistance to the dependent are eligible to receive in-state tuition if the military personnel or veteran within the last five years was (i) assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace in the Commonwealth, the District of Columbia, or a state contiguous to the Commonwealth and resided in the Commonwealth;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; reporting by SCHEV on Program. [SB-1100]
New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; reporting. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include in its annual report on the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program information on the wages of students who have completed noncredit workforce training programs, organized by credential name and relevant industry sector and including average wage and other relevant information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0329) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Authority; established, report. [HB-1916]
Virginia Student Loan Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which (i) each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education and who is eligible, on the basis of criteria established by the Authority that are substantially similar to criteria used by private lenders in the Commonwealth to evaluate student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. [HB-1965]
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 bill does not affect additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0297) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; admission of certain undergraduate students. [HB-1886]
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 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]
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 LeMunyon
Incorporated By Appropriations on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; resident assistants training in mental health. [HB-1911]
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 Yancey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0296) on 03/03/2017