Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions

State (Virginia)
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0491) on 04/04/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Special I

Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University women's basketball team. [SR-606]
Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University women's basketball team.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Presented 23200019d on 09/06/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Special I

Commending the Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. [SR-605]
Commending the Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain Presented 23200108d on 09/06/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Special I

Commending the Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. [HR-613]
Commending the Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy Engrossed By House on 09/06/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Special I

Commending the University of Lynchburg baseball team. [HR-603]
Commending the University of Lynchburg baseball team.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker Engrossed By House on 09/06/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University men's basketball team. [HR-343]
Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University men's basketball team.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Engrossed By House on 02/20/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Commending the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. [HJR-660]
Commending the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 02/22/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Commending the Norfolk State University Spartan "Legion" Marching Band. [HJR-612]
Commending the Norfolk State University Spartan "Legion" Marching Band.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 02/09/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Commending the University of Lynchburg. [HR-286]
Commending the University of Lynchburg.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron Engrossed By House on 02/06/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore Stricken From Docket By Commerce And Energy (22-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0734) on 03/27/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw Failed To Pass In Senate on 02/07/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Commending the Richard Bland College of William & Mary's women's volleyball team. [HR-259]
Commending the Richard Bland College of William & Mary's women's volleyball team.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner Engrossed By House on 01/23/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby Left In Education on 02/07/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn Left In Education on 02/07/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn Left In Education on 02/07/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Left In Education on 02/07/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 3-n 1-a) on 02/02/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment Incorporated By Education And Health on 01/19/2023

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