Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership. [SB-530]
Virginia Commission for the Arts; membership. Reduces the membership of the Virginia Commission for the Arts from 13 to nine members and requires at least one member to be appointed from each of the eight superintendent's regions. Current law requires at least one but no more than two members to be appointed from each congressional district in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0248) on 03/28/2024
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College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created. [SB-627]
Department of Education and Virginia Community College System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund established. Establishes the College and Career Ready Virginia Fund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community College System to establish the College and Career Ready Virginia Program whereby each school board is required to offer each qualified high school student in the local school division access at the high school to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to complete the Passport Program and the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0684) on 04/08/2024
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Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created. [SB-599]
Bonds for public institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $124,285,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison University, Virginia State University, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0514) on 04/04/2024
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Higher educational institutions; campus safety, governing board of certain educational institutions. [SB-613]
Institutions of higher education; campus safety; governing boards of certain educational institutions; employment of security services and personnel authorized. Authorizes the governing board of certain educational institutions, including the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, the New College Institute, the Roanoke Higher Education Authority, the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, and the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, to establish and maintain a campus security
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0009) on 03/08/2024
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Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; student application fees, report. [HB-1307]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; survey; baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; student application fees; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to survey each baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to determine, for the 2023–2024 academic year, (i) the median, average, and full per-student application fee charged by the institution; (ii) the total number and percentage of student applicants who receive an application fee waiver from the institution; (iii)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Atoosa Reaser
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Higher ed. institutions, baccalaureate public; SCHEV to study $10,000 tuition per year degree. [HJR-61]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; $10,000 per year baccalaureate degree; report. Requests that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (i) study the feasibility of implementing the option for students to pay $10,000 annually for tuition and mandatory fees to earn a degree at a baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth by surveying each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to determine the likely impact of such an option on enrollment, revenue, costs, services, staffing,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Elementary & secondary schools & higher educational institutions; student participation in sports. [HB-1229]
Elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in sports; access to restrooms and changing rooms. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school, or any other school that is a member of the Virginia High School League, or by a public institution of higher education to be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls; or (iii) coed or mixed if participation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Geary Higgins
Left In Education on 02/13/2024
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Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund; created. [HB-1305]
Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund. Directs the board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to deposit $250 million per year of surplus moneys from the Plan's fund into the Virginia College Opportunity Fund, established by the bill. The bill provides that such deposit shall not be made or shall be reduced in any year in which the College Opportunity Investment Advisory Committee determines that certain conditions relating to the Plan's funded status are not met. The Committee is established by the bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/07/2024
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Higher educational institutions, public; diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. [HB-1255]
Public institutions of higher education; diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; annual certification. Requires the chief executive officer of each public institution of higher education to annually submit to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education of Health no later than August 1 a written, signed certification that no diversity, equity, and inclusion-related program, instruction, or initiative provided or sponsored by such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
Left In Rules on 02/13/2024
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Public education; dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment, high school graduation. [HB-1051]
Public education; dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment; high school graduation. Makes several changes relating to graduation from a public high school in the Commonwealth, including (i) eliminating the requirement for a student to complete one virtual course in order to graduate from high school and (ii) specifying that various options and requirements relating to earning career and technical education credentials for the purpose of satisfying high school graduation requirements are required to be high-demand career and technical education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Continued To 2025 In Education By Voice Vote on 02/07/2024
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Higher ed. institutions, public; tuition and financial aid, dependency override application form. [HB-981]
Public institutions of higher education; tuition and financial aid; dependency override application form. Requires each public institution of higher education to develop, maintain, and post publicly on the financial aid page of such institution's website informational materials relating to the dependency override application process and to review and update such materials as necessary to reflect current federal law and guidance on such process. The bill requires such informational materials to include, in a language and format accessible to students
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Continued To 2025 In Education By Voice Vote on 01/31/2024
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Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan. [HB-1133]
Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0217) on 03/28/2024
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Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; established, report. [HB-881]
Public institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; established. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student hunger at public institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program shall be optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, etc. [HB-941]
Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices; establishment on the campus of certain public institutions of higher education. Requires, for any general election, at least one voter satellite office to be established on the campus of any baccalaureate public institution of higher education that has more than 3,000 enrolled students. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to report each year to the State Board of Elections the number of enrolled students, as defined by the bill, at each baccalaureate public institution
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Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 01/26/2024
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Higher educational institutions, public; financial value transparency information & acknowledgment. [HB-1008]
Public institutions of higher education; financial value transparency information and acknowledgement; requirements. Requires each public institution of higher education to require each student enrolled at such institution to sign, at the time such student enrolls in such institution or declares or changes his academic major, as defined in the bill, an acknowledgement form outlining (i) the total cost of completing such academic major and (ii) an estimate of the annual income such student could expect to earn upon completing such academic major,
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Sponsored by: Rep. William Green
Left In Education on 02/13/2024
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Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP. [HB-1089]
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0468) on 04/04/2024
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College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created. [HB-1087]
Department of Education and Virginia Community College System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund established. Establishes the College and Career Ready Virginia Fund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community College System to establish the College and Career Ready Virginia Program whereby each school board is required to offer each qualified high school student in the local school division access at the high school to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to complete the Passport Program and the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0647) on 04/08/2024
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K-12 schools and higher educational institutions; student participation in women's sports, etc. [HB-1120]
K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in women's sports; civil cause of action. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school, or any other school that is a member of the Virginia High School League, or by a public institution of higher education to be expressly designated as one of the following based on the biological sex of the students who participate on the team or in the sport: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Griffin
Left In Education on 02/13/2024
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Online educational courses; DOC to establish, etc., an educational program for prisoners. [HB-1121]
Department of Corrections; online educational courses. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish, develop, and implement an educational program with the Online Virginia Network Authority for the purposes of providing a means for prisoners to earn degrees and postsecondary education credentials through accessing online degree and credential programs that are offered by George Mason University, Old Dominion University, James Madison University, and comprehensive community colleges.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Continued To 2025 In Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/02/2024
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School crossing zones; expands definition of zones to include areas surrounding schools, etc. [HB-1072]
School crossing zones. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Transportation on 02/13/2024