Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations. [SB-21]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representatives of public institutions of higher education, disability advocacy organizations, students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, higher education disability accommodation professionals, and a subject matter expert, to (i) study the processes by which each public institution of higher education
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SB-21: Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0491) on 04/04/2024
Advanced nuclear technologies & reactor projects; Dept. of Energy to evaluate research & expansion. [HR-276]
Department of Energy to evaluate research and Department of Energy to evaluate research and expansion of advanced nuclear technologies and advanced reactor projects; report. Requests the Department of Energy to evaluate the research and expansion of advanced nuclear technologies and advanced reactor projects in the Commonwealth. In conducting its evaluation, the Department of Energy shall develop recommendations and report its progress no later than the first day of the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
HR-276: Advanced nuclear technologies & reactor projects; Dept. of Energy to evaluate research & expansion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Stricken From Docket By Commerce And Energy (22-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; criteria for chief executive officer. [SB-1499]
Public institutions of higher education; Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; chief executive officer; criteria. Provides that the chief executive officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority may be the individual who holds the title of Vice-President for Health Sciences of Virginia Commonwealth University, or such other title as subsequently established by the University's board of visitors for the chief academic and administrative officer for the Health Sciences Schools of the University. Current
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SB-1499: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; criteria for chief executive officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0734) on 03/27/2023
Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board, report. [SB-1519]
Public institutions of higher education; Virginia College Public institutions of higher education; Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan; duties of governing board. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan (the Plan) and amends all relevant references to "college savings trust account" to "education savings trust account." The bill provides that the purpose of the Plan is to enhance the accessibility, affordability, and attainability of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill expands
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SB-1519: Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board, report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw
Failed To Pass In Senate on 02/07/2023
Student loans, certain; default, institutional liability. [HB-2462]
Certain student loans; default; institutional liability. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop procedures for (i) identifying each individual who has defaulted on any loan agreement that he entered into in order to finance all or any portion of the cost of tuition or mandatory fees to attend the baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which he earned his degree within five years of earning such degree and (ii) determining which such loan defaults qualify for repayment by the baccalaureate public institution
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Higher educational institutions; information about institutional debt, report, civil penalty. [HB-2425]
Secretary of Education; institutions of higher education; information about institutional debt; report; civil penalty. Requires certain institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to report to the Secretary of Education on January 1 of each calendar year certain information and documents relating to certain educational debts owed to the institution by current and former students as of the end of the prior calendar year and requires the Secretary, with the cooperation and assistance of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia,
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HB-2425: Higher educational institutions; information about institutional debt, report, civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; eligible institutions, maximum reimbursement. [HB-2408]
New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; eligible institutions; maximum reimbursement per completed noncredit workforce training program. Increases from $3,000 to $4,000 the maximum amount that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is permitted to reimburse an eligible institution per completed noncredit workforce training program per eligible student pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program.
HB-2408: New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; eligible institutions, maximum reimbursement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board. [HB-2409]
Public institutions of higher education; Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan; duties of governing board. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan (the Plan) and amends all relevant references to "college savings trust account" to "education savings trust account." The bill provides that the purpose of the Plan is to enhance the accessibility, affordability, and attainability of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill expands the duties of the governing board (the board) of the Plan
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HB-2409: Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board. [HB-2396]
Public institutions of higher education; Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan; duties of governing board. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan (the Plan) and amends all relevant references to "college savings trust account" to "education savings trust account." The bill provides that the purpose of the Plan is to enhance the accessibility, affordability, and attainability of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill expands the duties of the governing board (the board) of the Plan
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HB-2396: Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund; established. [SB-1461]
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 in 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 Independent Advisory Committee, established by the bill, determines that certain conditions relating to the Plan's funded status are not met. The Committee is
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SB-1461: Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund; established.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 3-n 1-a) on 02/02/2023
Richard Bland College; governance. [SB-1450]
Richard Bland College; governance. Removes the authority of the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia to supervise, manage, and control Richard Bland College and establishes the 12-member board of visitors of Richard Bland College to generally direct the affairs of Richard Bland College, including appointing all teachers and fixing their salaries, providing for the employment of other personnel as required, and caring for and preserving all property belonging to Richard Bland College.
SB-1450: Richard Bland College; governance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Incorporated By Education And Health on 01/19/2023