Institutions Of Higher Education; Other Educational And Cultural Institutions
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
University of Virginia; expands membership of board of visitors. [SB-1307]
University of Virginia; board of visitors; membership. Expands the membership of the University of Virginia board of visitors to include two nonvoting advisory members consisting of one faculty member of the University and one staff member of the University. The advisory faculty member shall be selected by the University faculty and the advisory staff member shall be selected by the University staff in the manner deemed appropriate by the faculty and staff, respectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Tabled In Rules (13-y 5-n) on 02/14/2023
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Higher educational institutions, public; agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data. [HB-2120]
Office of the Executive Secretary; public institutions of higher education; agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data in electronic format. Allows the Office of the Executive Secretary, at the request of a public institution of higher education, to enter into an agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data, including names and partial dates of birth of parties, in electronic format. The bill specifies that such data shall not be subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; eligibility, high-demand fields. [HB-2142]
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; eligibility; high-demand fields. Defines, for the purpose of determining the eligibility for financial assistance under the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program of an individual enrolled in a certain program that leads to an occupation in a high-demand field, the term "high-demand field" as (i) a discipline or field in which there is a shortage of skilled workers to fill current and anticipated additional job vacancies, (ii) the K-12 teaching field, including teaching in the science, technology,
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants. [HB-2194]
Certain institutions of higher education; noncredit workforce training program; student grants; reimbursement. Increases from $3,000 to $4,000 the maximum amount for which the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall reimburse an eligible institution of higher education per completed noncredit workforce training program per eligible student pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program. Current law provides that the Council shall reimburse an eligible institution an amount equal to one-third of the cost of the noncredit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0005) on 03/16/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; tuition & financial aid, dependency override application. [HB-2114]
Public institutions of higher education; tuition and financial aid; dependency override application form. Requires each public institution of higher education to create and maintain a form by which a student may apply for a dependency override, defined in the bill as the documented determination by a financial aid administrator pursuant to relevant federal law that, for the purposes of tuition and financial aid eligibility determinations, a student is an independent student by reason of other unusual circumstances. The bill requires such form to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members. [HB-2152]
Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty service member or veteran who claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least four years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile. Under current law, any such child is eligible for in-state tuition charges if such service member or veteran claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia National Guard member benefits; health savings accounts. [HB-1882]
Virginia National Guard member benefits; health savings accounts. Provides that a member of the Virginia National Guard may elect to receive, in lieu of any tuition assistance grants, a matching contribution from the state to a health savings account. The bill requires the Department of Military Affairs to establish a health savings account for any member who elects to receive this benefit, with a matching contribution equal to the member's contribution up to the maximum amount allowable by federal law. The bill provides that eligible members must
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Tabled In Public Safety (22-y 0-n) on 01/27/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public, etc.; certain immunization requirements prohibited. [HB-1889]
Public institutions of higher education and certain other public educational institutions; certain immunization requirements prohibited. Prohibits any prospective or current full-time or part-time employee of a public institution of higher education or any of its centers or other subdivisions; the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; Eastern Virginia Medical School; or any authority, center, or institute specified by the bill that enrolls or otherwise provides instruction to students from being required, as a condition of initial
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead Program; SCHEV to convene workgroup to develop plan for expanding. [SB-1130]
Institutions of higher education; Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead Program. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to convene a work group, consisting of the Director of the Council or his designee, the Director of the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Director of Transfer of the Virginia Community College System, the Chancellor of the System, the Deputy Secretary of Higher Education, the Deputy Secretary of Labor, the Chair of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, three presidents of community colleges in the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Education on 02/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established, report, membership, board of trustees. [HB-1861]
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: Sen. Chris Head
Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Public school teachers; SCHEV to study feasibility of offering reduced in-state tuition. [HJR-511]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; offering reduced rate in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to dependents of public elementary and secondary school teachers in the Commonwealth; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the feasibility and efficacy of offering the dependents of public elementary and secondary school teachers in the Commonwealth reduced rate in-state tuition at public institutions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Left In Rules on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment teams, powers and duties. [HB-1916]
Public institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; powers and duties. Makes several changes to the powers and duties of the threat assessment team at each public institution of higher education, including requiring, upon a preliminary determination that an individual poses an articulable and significant threat of violence to others, each such team to (i) obtain any available criminal history record information and health records for such individual; (ii) notify in writing within 24 hours upon making such preliminary determination
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0226) on 03/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; foreign governments, programs and grants. [SB-1193]
Public institutions of higher education; foreign governments; programs and grants. Prohibits employees at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth from participating in Chinese-sponsored talent recruitment programs or receiving Chinese-funded grants. The bill also requires each employee at such institutions to disclose to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia all financial payments received from foreign governments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 5-n) on 02/01/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; certain gifts prohibited, foreign countries. [HB-1911]
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; certain gifts prohibited; foreign countries of concern. Prohibits officers and employees of state and local governments, including legislators or members of their immediate family who may accept such a gift on behalf of the Commonwealth, from receiving a gift with a value exceeding $100 for which the fair market value or a gift of greater or equal value has not been provided or exchanged from foreign countries of concern, defined in the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0291) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Promise to Veterans Act; established, admissions for eligible veteran applicants, report. [HB-1890]
Public institutions of higher education; guaranteed admission for certain veterans; report. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to provide for the guaranteed admission of any eligible veteran applicant, defined in the bill as any applicant who (i) is a veteran member of the uniformed services, (ii) is permanently and totally disabled as a result of his active duty service in the uniformed services, and (iii) (a) graduated from a high school in the Commonwealth or (b) graduated from a high
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 6-n) on 02/14/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
In-state tuition eligibility; certain non-Va. students who are members of Virginia National Guard. [SB-1202]
In-state tuition eligibility; certain non-Virginia students who are members of the Virginia National Guard. Declares eligible for in-state tuition at a public institution of higher education, regardless of domicile, any non-Virginia student who is a member of the Virginia National Guard and who is eligible pursuant to relevant law for a grant in the amount of the difference between the full cost of tuition and any other educational benefits for which he is eligible as a member of the Virginia National Guard.
Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Tabled In Appropriations (19-y 2-n) on 02/20/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Registered nursing degree or diplomas; Va. Community College System to establish core curriculum. [SB-1172]
Virginia Community College System; work group on standardized registered nursing curriculum; the Passport Nursing Program. Requires the Virginia Community College System (the System), in collaboration with the Board of Nursing, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), and representatives from for-profit and private not-for-profit institutions offering registered nursing (RN) degree or diploma programs, to standardize the core curriculum for all RN degree or diploma programs in the Commonwealth in name, content, rigor, and credits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0212) on 03/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; procurement of dogs and cats for research. [HB-2000]
Procurement of dogs and cats for research; public institutions of higher education. Permits public institutions of higher education to purchase or otherwise acquire dogs and cats for use in research, experimentation, or testing from any person or company only if the State Veterinarian or his assistant has inspected such person or company and has determined that no violations of state law regarding the care, control, or protection of or property rights in animals have occurred.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions, proprietary private institutions. [HB-1926]
Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions; proprietary private institutions of higher education. Declares eligible for participation in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program proprietary private institutions of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional training or education and not to provide religious training or theological education and that meet certain other criteria, including maintaining a principal place of business in the Commonwealth and maintaining accreditation. Under current
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Ferrell Tata
Left In Education on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center; establishing at Old Dominion University. [SB-1211]
Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Repeals provisions establishing and relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School and designates the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors as the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University (the Health Sciences Center).
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0756) on 04/12/2023