Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Higher ed. institutions; students who report acts of hazing or bullying, referral for support. [HB-980]
Institutions of higher education; students who report act of hazing or bullying experienced as result of report of act of hazing; on-campus mental and behavioral health support. Requires each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution of higher education to provide information about on-campus individuals or entities that are qualified to provide the appropriate ongoing mental and behavioral health support to any student who reports to the institution an act of hazing or an act of bullying experienced as the result of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0405) on 04/04/2024
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Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; membership, effective date. [HB-1044]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of an accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0059) on 03/08/2024
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On-campus food insecurity; SCHEV to survey institutions to determine how they are addressing issue. [HB-827]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; survey on campus food insecurity; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to (i) survey each public institution of higher education to determine how each such institution is addressing on-campus food insecurity, including specific methods, programs, sources of funding, expenditures, communications strategies, and staffing; (ii) compile and make available to each such institution a guidance document containing best practices for leveraging all available resources and opportunities,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0644) on 04/08/2024
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Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership. [HB-832]
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: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0208) on 03/28/2024
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Eastern VA Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University, board of directors of; membership. [HB-1055]
Board of directors of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University; membership; meetings; removal. Adjusts the membership and terms of the standing committee of the Old Dominion Board of Visitors that is established to serve as the board of directors of the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University by (i) adding the president of the University and the executive vice president for health sciences at the University to serve as ex officio nonvoting members, (ii) removing the nonlegislative citizen member
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barry Knight
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0841) on 05/17/2024
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History of Uprooting of Black Communities by Public Inst. of Higher Ed., Com. to Study; established. [HB-1066]
Commission to Study the History of the Uprooting of Black Communities by Public Institutions of Higher Education in the Commonwealth established; report. Establishes the 19-member legislative Commission to Study the History of the Uprooting of Black Communities by Public Institutions of Higher Education for the purpose of studying and determining (i) whether any public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth has purchased, expropriated, or otherwise taken possession of property owned by any individual within the boundaries of a community
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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VA Military Survivors & Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate, etc., Program. [SB-347]
Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate and make recommendations on improving long-term viability; report. Directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Education, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of evaluating the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and making recommendations on legislative actions and budgetary modifications that could improve the stability, strength, and long-term
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. [HB-802]
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; established, report. [SB-318]
Public institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student food insecurity 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (12-y 3-n) on 01/31/2024
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Higher educational institutions, public; campus safety and emergency preparedness training. [HB-713]
Institutions of higher education; campus safety and emergency preparedness training; first-year completion and biennial review. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring that a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student's first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. The bill provides that such training program will focus on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0204) on 03/28/2024
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Certain individuals in foster care, etc.; parameters of higher education grants. [HB-700]
Certain individuals in foster care, in the custody of the Department of Social Services, or considered a special needs adoption; parameters of higher education grants; point of contact for support and guidance. Expands to include each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth the requirement to provide grants to certain individuals who were in foster care or in the custody of the Department of Social Services or were considered a special needs adoption; adds mandatory education and general fees and, in the case of baccalaureate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Ferrell Tata
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0449) on 04/04/2024
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Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created. [HB-711]
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: Rep. Luke Torian
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0450) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; board of directors membership. [SB-279]
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; board of directors membership; powers and duties; capital projects; issuance of bonds. Provides for a number of reforms related to the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority. The bill reduces the number of members serving on the Authority's board of directors and the number of physician-faculty members that are required to serve on the board, requires persons who are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules to be nonlegislative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/25/2024
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Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP. [SB-220]
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: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0502) on 04/04/2024
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Higher educational institutions; campus safety, governing board of certain educational institutions. [HB-690]
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: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0202) on 03/28/2024
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Va. Nat'l Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; provisions relating to eligibility for grants. [SB-219]
Institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 5-n) on 01/31/2024
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Comprehensive community colleges; authority to offer and confer certain baccalaureate degrees. [SB-287]
Comprehensive community colleges; authority to offer and confer certain baccalaureate degrees. Authorizes the State Board for Community Colleges, subject to approval and certification by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia of a proposal submitted for such purpose, to establish an upper division of any comprehensive community college consisting of the third and fourth years of baccalaureate degree programs that lead to occupations in a high-demand field and confer baccalaureate degrees in such degree programs. The bill requires any
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/25/2024
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Aggregated, nonconfidential case data; requests for reports for academic research. [SB-236]
Requests for reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data; academic research. Allows a full-time faculty member of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to request for the purposes of academic research, provided that such academic research has been approved through such public institution's institutional review board, a report for aggregated, nonconfidential case data for garnishment, unlawful detainer, and warrant in debt actions in a general district court. The bill provides that such report may include
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness. [HB-617]
High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness. Establishes rights, duties, and prohibitions relating to the use of the name, image, or likeness of high school student-athletes that are equivalent to those established in law for college student-athletes. The bill also requires the Department of Education to publish in a publicly accessibly format on its website information about laws that are applicable to any contract entered into by a student-athlete relating to compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness. High school
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0694) on 04/08/2024
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SCHEV; membership to include representative of a historically black college or university. [HB-566]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership; representative of a historically black college or university. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of one of the Commonwealth's historically black colleges or universities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership; representative of a historically black college or university. Requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alex Askew
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0195) on 03/28/2024