| Bills |
Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 9 - Cox - Business-Education Partnership Program and Advisory Council on; abolished. |
(H) Committee on General Laws
(S) Committee on General Laws | (S) Signed by President | 02/24/04 |
| notes:
Abolishes the Advisory Council on the Virginia Business-Education Partnership Program and the Virginia Business-Education Partnership Program. The program was created in 1993 to assist local programs in obtaining federal funding to establish local business-education partnerships. The council was established at the same time to assist the Secretary of Education in implementing the program and facilitating the development of strategic partnerships between the public and private sectors to enhance public education and workforce training. State funding for the program ended in 2001 and federal funding ceases on December 31, 2003. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Operations, Practices, Duties, and Funding of the Commonwealth's Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, and Other Governmental Entities pursuant to HJR 159 (2002). NO POSITION |
| HB 31 - Callahan - Higher Educational Institutions Bond Bill of 2004; created. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002) | 02/27/04 |
| notes:
Authorizes the issuance of 9(c) bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $255,316,600 for the financing of revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Of the total amount of bonds authorized, $137,700,600 is allocated for previously authorized projects and $117,616,000 is allocated for new projects. NO POSITION |
| HB 36 - Sherwood - Higher educational institutions; approval of degree programs. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Stricken from docket by Education (22-Y 0-N) | 02/04/04 |
| notes:
Provides that nonpublic institutions of higher education that have been approved by the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) to operate in Virginia and confer degrees at a specific level before July 1, 2004, are not required to obtain subsequent SCHEV approval unless the approval was revoked or the institution desires to confer degrees at a level other than that previously approved. Technical amendments track the language in current subdivision A 4 to clarify that subsequent approval is necessary for new degree levels as well as new degree programs. The current "grandfather clause" extends this benefit to private institutions approved a specific degree levels before July 1, 1980. Since that date, several nonpublic institutions have been granted SCHEV approval to confer advanced degrees. These institutions, and others, have been required by law and SCHEV regulations to seek annual certification and approval. Emergency regulations issued by SCHEV in July 2003 impose fees for this annual certification; the annual fees are $2,500 and $6,000 for accredited and nonaccredited private institutions, respectively. The emergency regulations state that, in considering an institution's application for certification, SCHEV cannot "take into account either duplication of effort by public and private institutions in Virginia or need within the Commonwealth for the course for degree credit, program of study, or degree program for which certification is sought" (8 VAC 40-31-190). SUPPORT. THIS BILL CHANGES FROM 1980 TO 2004 THE GRANADFATHER CLAUSE ON PROGRAM APPROVAL AND ANNUAL CERTIFICATION FEES. SCHEV OPPOSES. |
| HB 91 - Shuler - Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; license fees, rates and requirements. |
(H) Committee on Finance | (H) Incorporated by Fin. (HB461-Drake) (22-Y 0-N) | 02/13/04 |
| notes:
Requires localities that impose the BPOL tax to (i) eliminate license fees by January 1, 2006, (ii) exempt the first $100,000 of gross receipts from taxation by January 1, 2006, and (iii) reduce the several different rates currently in the Code to a flat rate of 20 cents per $100 of gross receipts for license years beginning on and after January 1, 2006. SUPPORT |
| HB 124 - Albo - Barbers and Cosmetologists, Board for; membership. |
(H) Committee on General Laws
(S) Committee on General Laws | (S) VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N) | 03/01/04 |
| notes:
Requires that of the two licensed cosmetologists on the Board for Barbers and Cosmetologists, at least one such member shall be a salon owner. Currently, of the two licensed cosmetologists appointed, one may be an owner or operator of a cosmetology school. The bill provides that it does not affect existing appointments for which the terms of current members have not expired. However, any new appointments made after July 1, 2004, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. SUPPORT |
| HB 156 - Reid - Higher educational institutions; prohibits admission of illegal aliens. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 02/06/04 |
notes:
Provides that public institutions of higher education may not knowingly accept for enrollment any illegal alien, and directs each institution, upon discovering an enrollment of an illegal alien, to provide for the prompt dismissal of any such person from the institution.
In 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that undocumented alien children are ensured access to public education in grades K through 12; the Court found that the denial of public school enrollment violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This case was limited to public school enrollment and did not address postsecondary education. (Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)).
NO POSITION |
| HB 255 - Jones, D.C. - Cell phones; prohibits use while driving. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Stricken from docket by Tra. (21-Y 0-N) | 01/27/04 |
| notes:
Provides that the driver of a motor vehicle is prohibited from using any hand-held wireless communication device while his vehicle is in motion, unless the device is equipped for hands-free operation and the driver is so operating the hands-free equipment. OPPOSE |
| HB 517 - Jones, D.C. - Higher educational institutions; admission policies. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Tabled in Education (22-Y 0-N) | 02/02/04 |
| notes:
Requires the board of visitors of each public institution of higher education to establish admissions policies that prohibit preferential consideration regarding the admission of an applicant on the basis of his relationship by birth or marriage to an alumnus. Beginning on July 1, 2004, each institution of higher education must report annually the number and percentage of first-time entering freshmen, disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, age, and familial relationship to alumni of the institution, to the State Council of Higher Education, which must transmit the findings to the Governor and the General Assembly annually, beginning on December 1, 2004. NO POSITION |
| HB 526 - Hogan - Workforce Development, Department of; created. |
(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (H) Continued to 2005 in Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) | 02/10/04 |
| notes:
Creates the Department of Workforce Development ("Department"), which reports to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade. The Department will serve as the administrator and fiscal agent for the "Workforce Development Program," which program includes nearly every federal and state workforce training program and resource available to the Commonwealth and now being administered within several different state agencies. The Department's responsibilities include serving as liaison for workforce training within state government; working with the Virginia Workforce Council to develop uniform policies and procedures for the one-stop centers and evaluate the performance of local workforce investment boards; and monitoring federal legislation and policy in order to maximize the effective use of program funds. The Department does not require new state funding or staff. Instead, the state agencies now administering the various workforce development programs that will be consolidated under the Department are to transfer staff and funding from their respective administrations. The Governor is authorized to transfer appropriations and support other organizational changes as required by the bill. NO POSITION. THIS BILL WAS INDEPENDENTLY BROUGHT FORWARD BY DELEGATE HOGAN. VCCA SUPPORTS A SIMILAR BILL ENDORSED BY THE VIRGINIA WORKFORCE COUNCIL (SEE SB 460). |
| HB 545 - May - Academic research & advanced education; study on building in No.Va. & Hampton Roads. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed | 02/19/04 |
| notes:
Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to conduct a feasibility study on building an academic research and advanced education enterprise in northern Virginia to provide a vehicle for multiuniversity collaboration and closer ties to industry, and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 30, 2004. NO POSITION |
| HB 617 - Carrico - Distance learning; development and use in higher educational institutions. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N) | 02/23/04 |
notes:
Directs the governing boards of the public institutions of higher education to develop and implement strategic plans for the use of distance learning. The strategic plan shall include the degree to which distance learning will be integrated into the curriculum, benchmarks for measuring such integration, and a schedule for the evaluation of such courses. The governing boards shall periodically review such strategic plans at intervals not to exceed five years and make revisions as may be appropriate. The State Council shall assist the governing boards in the development of such plans.
In addition, the measure directs community colleges to maximize the availability and use of distance learning courses addressing workforce training needs. NO POSITION
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| HB 637 - Tata - Career-training schools; regulation. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 02/03/04 |
| notes:
Eliminates division of regulatory responsibility between the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) and the Board of Education (BOE) for privately owned, for-profit career training schools by granting SCHEV regulatory authority for private institutions of higher education operating in Virginia and postsecondary schools (which may or may not offer degree programs). The Board of Education will only regulate schools for students with disabilities; it will no longer review nondegree credit, certificate, and diploma programs offered by postsecondary schools offering diplomas or certificates. The measure also directs SCHEV to appoint the Career College Advisory Board, comprised of college and university representatives and other members, to assist in "academic and administrative matters related to private proprietary institutions of higher education and academic-vocational noncollege degree schools." Other changes in the measure provide that (i) only institutions of higher education and academic-vocational noncollege degree schools may offer degree programs; (ii) academic-vocational and vocational noncollege degree schools are subject to various contractual, name, and other requirements that were previously limited only to private institutions of higher education (typically, four-year private institutions and other private entities using "college" in their names); and (iii) SCHEV will maintain a list of postsecondary schools it has certified or licensed for operation in Virginia. SUPPORT. THIS BILL CONTAINS ALL OF THE LANGUAGE WE NEGOTIATED WITH SCHEV. |
| HB 989 - Hugo - Transfer Module; created to facilitate transfer course credit between 2-year & 4-year institutions. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N) | 02/23/04 |
notes:
Directs the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV), in cooperation with the governing boards of the public two- and four-year institutions of higher education, to develop a State Transfer Module that designates those general education courses offered within various associate degree programs at the public two-year institutions that are transferable for credit or admission with standing as a junior (third year) to the public four-year institutions.
The measure also directs SCHEV to (i) facilitate the development of dual admissions and articulation agreements between the public and private two- and four-year institutions; and (ii) develop and make available to the public information identifying all general education courses offered at public two-year institutions and designating those that are accepted for purposes of transfer for course credit. Any articulation agreements will be subject to admissions requirements of the four-year institutions. CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORT
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| HB 1009 - Rust - Educational Ventures Consortium; created. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Rereferred to Finance | 02/26/04 |
notes:
Creates the Virginia Educational Ventures Consortium to develop and administer innovative and cost-effective distance learning instructional initiatives that address underserved constituencies. Comprised of participating public and private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, the Consortium is to (i) establish and administer agreements with public and private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and other entities to conduct studies examining the need for distance learning initiatives and to develop and execute, on a continuing basis, strategies to address such distance learning needs of underserved constituencies in the Commonwealth and (ii) enhance student access to on-line educational programs and opportunities.
Participating institutions must agree to share revenues from tuition and fees for such distance learning opportunities.
The gubernatorial-appointed Board of Trustees is comprised of nine members to be nominated by the participating institutions, six of whom shall represent participating members of the Consortium, and all of whom shall have expertise in information technology systems or instructional systems design and delivery, and the Secretary of Technology and the Auditor of Public Accounts, as ex officio members with full voting privileges.
Participating institutions will provide additional staff support and the requisite facilities for the functions of the Consortium. NO POSITION
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| HB 1270 - Dillard - Retail Sales and Use Tax; increase for education, creates At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Fund. |
(H) Committee on Finance | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Finance (20-Y 1-N) | 02/04/04 |
| notes:
Increases the state portion of the sales and use tax from 3.5 percent to four percent for public school education, with one-half of the additional revenues generated thereby deposited into the At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Fund created by the bill, and the remaining one-half distributed to localities based on a set per pupil amount, based on the latest actual adjusted average daily membership, and used solely for public school capital projects. The At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Fund is to be used to provide noncompetitive grants to public school divisions to implement programs designed to (i) improve the academic achievement of at-risk public school students on the Standards of Learning assessments; (ii) decrease the rate of dropout among at-risk public school students; and (iii) increase the number of such students obtaining the advanced studies diploma. OPPOSE |
| HB 1280 - Marshall, R.G. - School Assistance Foundation; created, income tax credit for contributions, abolishes estate tax. |
(H) Committee on Finance | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Finance (21-Y 1-N) | 02/04/04 |
| notes:
Creates the Virginia School Assistance Foundation to make grants to assist in paying tuition for children to attend a school in Virginia. Allow certain taxpayers to receive income tax credits for their contribution to the Foundation. Repeals Virginia's Estate tax effective January 1, 2009. NO POSITION |
| HB 1359 - Callahan - Chartered Universities and Colleges Act of 2004; created. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2005 in Appropriations (25-Y 0-N) | 02/04/04 |
| notes:
Commonwealth Chartered Universities and Colleges. Authorizes the creation of Commonwealth Chartered Universities and Colleges, comprised of public institutions of higher education that will, among other things, (not be required to obtain legislative or other approval for bond issuance; (iv) have authority to own and operate "projects," such as research programs and research, training, teaching, dormitory and classroom facilities; (v) employ campus police; no longer be subject to the Virginia Procurement, Virginia Personnel Act, or state grievance procedures, but will adopt its own procurement, personnel, and grievance procedures; (x) continue to participate in the Virginia College Building Authority, the Educational Facilities Authority, various college and university scholarship provisions, student loan funds, and college savings plans; (xi) not be subject to local law or regulation unless specified by the General Assembly; (xii) maintain its funds, including general fund appropriations, with its treasurer for deposit in banks or trust companies; (xiii) be exempt from any state legislative or executive branch rules, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to submission, review, approval or implementation of capital projects, with the exception capital projects funded in whole or in part by a general fund appropriation, which remain subject to certain preappropriation approvals; (xiv) determine tuition and fees and its budget, and control the expenditures of all moneys generated or received by the institution, including tuition, fees and other nongeneral fund revenue sources; OPPOSE |
| HB 1366 - Scott, J.M. - Retail Sales and Use Tax; increased for higher education. |
(H) Committee on Finance | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Finance (21-Y 0-N) | 02/04/04 |
| notes:
Increases the state sales and use tax from 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent and dedicates the additional revenue for higher education according to the following formula: (i) 25 percent of the additional revenue shall be distributed to the Virginia Community College System to support operating costs, and (ii) the remaining 75 percent of the additional revenue shall be distributed to various four-year public institutions of higher education in accordance with the recommendations and findings of the Joint Subcommittee for Higher Education Funding Policies, and with priority given to those institutions (a) demonstrating the highest rate of increase in in-state enrollments and (b) having the portion of out-of-state enrollments in each incoming freshman class not exceeding 25 percent, as set forth in the appropriation act. However, such restriction on out-of-state enrollments shall not apply to Norfolk State University, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia State University. NO POSITION |
| SB 31 - Chichester - Higher Educational Institutions Bond Bill of 2004; created. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Finance | (H) Assigned to App. sub-committee: 9 | 02/11/04 |
| notes:
Commonwealth of Virginia Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2002. Authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia General Obligation Bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $608,190,000 subject to approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the Commonwealth voting thereon at the November 5, 2002, general election. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for financing the costs of capital projects for the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education. The full faith and credit of the Commonwealth is pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and any bond anticipation notes or refunding bonds. The bill shall not become effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless and until voter approval is obtained. NO POSITION |
| SB 37 - Chichester - Public Building Authority & College Building Authority; issuance of bonds for capital projects. |
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Left in Finance | 02/17/04 |
| notes:
Local income tax; authority for cities to impose. Authorizes cities to impose a local income tax in increments of one-quarter percent up to a maximum rate of one percent with the revenues from such tax to be used for education or transportation purposes. The tax may be levied upon passage of a duly adopted ordinance by the governing body of the city. Any local income tax adopted by ordinance may be levied for a period not to exceed 10 years. NO POSITION |
| SB 173 - Stolle - Higher educational institutions; definition includes a governmental instrumentality. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) | 02/25/04 |
| notes:
Revises the definition of "institution of higher education" as set forth in the law regulating private and out-of-state colleges, universities, etc., to provide an explicit exception for educational institutions declared governmental instrumentalities pursuant to | 23-14. Present law provides an exception for all state-supported institutions of higher education that are listed in | 23-9.5. However, certain public institutions established by statutory law are inappropriately covered by the law by virtue of the fact that such institutions are declared to be governmental instrumentalities in | 23-14 and are not listed as "state-supported institutions of higher education" in | 23-9.5 (although they may receive state funds). Thus, such public institutions, notably the Eastern Virginia Medical School, were inadvertently captured under the reporting, etc. requirements of the law relating to private and out-of-state entities. NO POSITION |
| SB 338 - Edwards - Higher ed. insti.; duties include facilita. devel. of articulation agreement betw. 2- & 4-yr. insti. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Assigned to App. sub-committee: 6 | 03/02/04 |
notes:
Directs the State Council of Higher Education to ensure the development of articulation agreements that encourage the completion of associate degree programs and facilitate the transfer and acceptance of course credit among two- and four-year public and private institutions of higher education in Virginia. In addition, the Council shall develop estimates of the number of degrees to be awarded by each institution and include those estimates in its reports of enrollment projections. Articulation agreements are agreements between institutions of higher education that detail the transferability of credits between these institutions. These arrangements are often used to facilitate the transfer of credits from a two-year program to a four-year bachelor's degree program.
SUPPORT. WHILE MOST OF THE BODY OF THIS BILL SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE PROVISIONS SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGING ARTICULATION WOULD APPLY TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
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| SB 430 - Wagner - Higher educational institutions; ratio of in-state and out-of-state student enrollments. |
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Stricken at request of patron in Ed. & Health (15-Y 0-N) | 02/05/04 |
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Requires the governing bodies of public four-year institutions of higher education, beginning with the incoming freshman class of fall 2005, to maintain a ratio of the in-state and out-of-state student population in each incoming freshman class that is not less than 75 percent in-state students. Out-of-state students receiving full or partial athletic scholarships are not included in the calculation of out-of-state enrollments. Institutions whose out-of-state enrollments within the incoming freshman class of fall 2004 exceeded 25 percent shall reduce such out-of-state enrollments by at least two percentage points annually to reach such required ratio. The measure does not apply to Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University. According to the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) the percentage of out-of-state students in fall 2001 headcount enrollment (not just the incoming freshman class) at all four-year public institutions was 21.9 percent. Out-of-state students comprised 4.2 percent of fall 2001 headcount enrollment at Christopher Newport University; 37.7 percent at the College of William and Mary; 13.8 percent at George Mason University; 29.1 percent at James Madison University; 4.4 percent at Longwood University; 25.9 percent at Mary Washington College; 28.6 percent at Norfolk State University; 17 percent at Old Dominion University; 12.1 percent at Radford University; 33.6 percent at the University of Virginia; 5.9 percent at the University of Virginia's College at Wise; 49.4 percent at Virginia Military Institute; 31.7 percent at Virginia State University; and 30.7 percent at Virginia Tech. NO POSITION
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| SB 460 - Whipple - Workforce Development, Special Advisor for; created. |
(H) Committee on General Laws
(S) Committee on General Laws | (H) Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) | 03/02/04 |
| notes:
Creates the position of Special Advisor for Workforce Development, which reports directly to the Governor. The Special Advisor will have policy and program responsibilities for several federal and state workforce training programs and resources administered within several different state agencies. The Special Advisor responsibilities include (i) serving as chief of staff to the Virginia Workforce Council; (ii) serving as liaison for workforce training among state and local government, the Virginia Workforce Council, local workforce investment boards, and the business community; (iii) reviewing fund allocation; (iv) helping the Virginia Workforce Council implement policies and procedures for the Virginia Workforce System; (v) monitoring the effectiveness of the one-stop centers and the local workforce investment boards; (vi) monitoring federal legislation and policy in order to maximize the effective use of program funds; (vii) reporting annually on the progress in statewide coordination of workforce training resources; and (viii) convening and chairing regular meetings of state secretariats involved in workforce and career development to coordinate policy. The Governor is authorized to transfer appropriations and support other organizational changes as required by the bill. SUPPORT. THIS IS THE GOVERNOR'S BILL AND IS INTENDED TO REFLECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF VIRGINIA WORKFORCE COUNCIL. |
| SB 581 - Ticer - Cell phones; prohibits use while driving. |
(S) Committee on Transportation | (S) Passed by indefinitely in Transport. (11-Y 4-N) | 01/22/04 |
| notes:
Provides that, except in an emergency, the driver of a motor vehicle is prohibited from using any hand-held wireless communication device while his vehicle is in motion, unless the device is equipped for hands-free operation and the driver is so operating the hands-free equipment. Violations are traffic infractions punishable by a fine of $100. OPPOSE |
| SB 624 - O'Brien - Barbers, cosmetologist or nail technicians; designation of shop or salon prior issuance of license. |
(S) Committee on General Laws | (S) Continued to 2005 in General Laws (15-Y 0-N) | 02/11/04 |
| notes:
Requires applicants for licensure as a barber, cosmetologist or nail technician to submit a designation to the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology of the licensed barbershop, cosmetology salon or nail salon at which the applicant will conduct his business. In addition, the bill requires barbers, cosmetologists and nail technicians to update the designation when the license is renewed. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2005, and provides for the Board to promulgate regulations pertaining to the designation requirement by January 1, 2005. NO POSITIION |
| SB 638 - Norment - Chartered Universities and Colleges Act of 2004; created. |
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Continued to 2005 in Ed. & Health | 01/29/04 |
| notes:
Same as House Bill 1359. |
| SJ 74 - Stosch - Higher educational institutions; joint subcommittee to study public funding thereof. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules | (H) Referred to Committee on Rules | 02/19/04 |
| notes:
Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the public funding of higher education in Virginia. The joint subcommittee shall examine (i) alternatives to the current formulas and methods used by the Commonwealth to fund institutions of higher education; (ii) alternatives for paying for a college education including, but not limited to, interest-free loans guaranteed by the Commonwealth; and (iii) the feasibility of guaranteeing placement at a four-year institution of higher education in Virginia for certain graduates of Virginia's community colleges satisfying an agreed upon curriculum and grade-point average. NO POSITON ALTHOUGH ITEM (iii) COULD BE INTERESTING. |
| SJ 86 - Reynolds - Higher educational institutions; Council of Higher Education to consider estab. in South Central Va. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules | (H) Referred to Committee on Rules | 02/19/04 |
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Requests the State Council of Higher Education to consider the establishment of a public four-year degree granting institution of higher education in South Central Virginia in developing its systemwide needs assessment plan for higher education in the Commonwealth. The institution must strengthen and support existing public and private institutions of higher education in the South Central Virginia region. In its deliberations to develop the plan, the Council shall (i) collaborate with all interested parties, and (ii) evaluate all available options, including, but not limited to, the creation of a branch campus of an existing institution in the South Central Virginia region. The Council must submit an executive summary of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2005 Session of the General Assembly. NO POSITION
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| SJ 87 - Mims - Higher educational institutions; joint subcommittee to study future thereof. |
(S) Committee on Rules | (S) Stricken at request of Patron in Rules | 02/13/04 |
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Creates the 20-member, two-year joint subcommittee on the future of Virginia's public institutions of higher education. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall examine, among other things, (i) access to Virginia's public institutions and projected enrollments; (ii) tuition and fee considerations and the availability of student financial aid from public and private sources; (iii) capital construction challenges and the feasibility of enhancing distance learning opportunities; (iv) faculty recruitment and retention; (v) admissions policies and minority access; (vi) such other issues as it deems appropriate.
The joint subcommittee shall submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2005 Session of the General Assembly, and shall complete its work by November 30, 2005, and submit its final written findings and recommendations to the 2006 Session of the General Assembly, as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents. NO POSITION
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| SJ 90 - Chichester - Higher educational institutions; joint subcom. to study admin. & financial relationships between. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules | (H) Referred to Committee on Rules | 02/19/04 |
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Establishes a 10-member joint subcommittee to examine the issues and law relating to the feasibility and practicability of restructuring the administrative and financial relationships between the Commonwealth and its public institutions of higher education. This resolution notes the high quality of Virginia's higher education institutions and the need to compete with colleges and universities nationally. Staff support to the joint subcommittee in its two-year study will be provided by the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations. Technical assistance will be provided by the Department of Human Resource Management, the Virginia Retirement System, the Department of Administration, the Department of Planning and Budget, State Treasurer, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and the Department of General Services. The joint subcommittee must complete its meetings for the first year by November 30, 2004, and for the second year by November 30, 2005. NO POSITION
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