2014 SESSION

Convened January 8, 2014
Adjourned sine die March 8, 2014
Reconvened April 23, 2014
Adjourned sine die April 23, 2014

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over to 2015 Session

Assault and battery; enhanced penalty if campus police officers are victimized because of their position. Amending § 18.2-57. (Patron-Yost, HB 496 (F))

Assault and battery; enhanced penalty if campus police officers, school security officers, or full-time or part-time school personnel are victimized because of their position. Amending § 18.2-57. (Patron-Ransone, HB 698 (F))

Benefits consortia; employees of sponsoring association, etc., and their dependents to participate in benefits plans. Amending § 23-4.2:1. (Patron-Rust, HB 757 (Chapter 578))

Christopher Newport University; membership of Board of Visitors. Amending § 23-49.25. (Patron-Yancey, HB 1161 (Chapter 597); Miller, SB 626 (Chapter 190))

College campus police and security departments; Department of Criminal Justice Services shall conduct a study to identify potential minimum core operational functions. (Patron-Yost, HB 587 (Chapter 278); Barker, SB 440 (Chapter 539))

College partnership laboratory schools; tuition for students who do not reside within partnering school division. Amending § 23-299.2. (Patron-Locke, SB 562 (Chapter 754))

Commissioned officers; tuition-free instruction at higher educational institutions, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with Department of Military Affairs, shall establish guidelines for implementation. Amending § 23-108. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 132 (Chapter 778))

Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2014; created. (Patron-Jones, HB 869 (Chapter 213); Stosch, SB 394 (Chapter 487))

Community college mental health services; Virginia Community College System to create pilot program to establish plan or contract with community groups or both to provide to uninsured students and such other students as System may identify. (Patron-Ebbin, SB 663 (C))

Community colleges; establishes Community College Workforce Training Grant Program. Adding §§ 23-220.5 and 23-220.6. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 1225 (F); Ruff, SB 628 (F))

Constitutional amendment; aid for students attending nonprofit higher educational institutions, religious or theological education for military chaplains (first reference). Amending Section 11 of Article VIII. (Patron-Greason, HJR 44 (F))

Driver education; any community college within Virginia Community College System shall have authority to offer courses required by Virginia Board of Education to become a certified instructor, Virginia Department of Education shall provide curriculum, content, etc., regarding courses required to any community college. Amending § 46.2-1702. (Patron-Greason, HB 925 (Chapter 666); Marsden, SB 554 (Chapter 753))

Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program; tax credits issued for monetary or marketable securities donations made beginning in taxable year 2014 can be claimed for taxable year of donation. Amending § 58.1-439.26. (Patron-Massie, HB 464 (F); Stanley, SB 269 (Chapter 176))

Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program; created, Secretary of Commerce and Trade authorized to enter into certain agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University or other higher educational institutions. Adding § 2.2-206.1. (Patron-Landes, HB 321 (Chapter 63); Saslaw, SB 362 (Chapter 700))

Hazing; any school, college, or university policies and procedures shall be consistent with model policies established by Department of Education or State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, model policies regarding prevention of and appropriate disciplinary actions for hazing shall be established along with Department of Criminal Justice Services. Amending § 18.2-56. (Patron-Norment, SB 448 (Chapter 627))

Higher Education Board, Virginia Commission on; increases membership, appointments, three voting members of Commission shall constitute a quorum. Amending § 2.2-2519. (Patron-Bulova, HB 1109 (Chapter 816))

Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; articulation, dual admissions, and guaranteed admissions agreements. Amending §§ 23-9.2:3.02, 23-9.6:1, 23-9.14:2, and 23-38.88. (Patron-Norment, SB 449 (Chapter 628))

Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; elimination of certain duties and programs. Amending §§ 23-4.3:2, 23-9.2:3.2, 23-38.93, and 23-220.01; adding § 22.1-290.02; repealing §§ 23-9.13:1, 23-38.10:1, 23-38.19:1, 23-38.19:2, 23-38.45 through 23-38.53, 23-38.72, 23-38.73, and 23-38.74. (Patron-Edwards, SB 244 (Chapter 484))

Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; interstate reciprocity agreements authorizing postsecondary distance education. Adding § 23-9.14:3. (Patron-Massie, HB 467 (Chapter 323))

Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; local school board shall implement that career and technical education programs include an annual notice on its website of availability of postsecondary education and employment data. Amending §§ 22.1-253.13:1 and 23-9.2:3.04; adding § 23-2.4. (Patron-Peace, HB 886 (Chapter 472))

Higher educational institutions; board of visitors to ensure that all funds received from in-state undergraduate tuition are dedicated to purpose of undergraduate education. Amending § 23-9.2:3. (Patron-Ramadan, HB 238 (F))

Higher educational institutions; educational programs for governing boards. Amending § 23-9.14:1. (Patron-Martin, SB 669 (Chapter 644))

Higher educational institutions; Governor may remove any board member with or without cause. Amending § 2.2-108. (Patron-Howell, A.T., HB 1272 (F))

Higher educational institutions; graduate assistants added to number used to calculate total value of unfunded scholarships annually awarded to graduate students and clinical faculty. Amending § 23-31. (Patron-Cox, HB 1137 (Chapter 594))

Higher educational institutions; maintenance of optional retirement plan, policy regarding employee’s years of service to be entitled to receive all contributions. Amending § 51.1-126. (Patron-Ingram, HB 700 (Chapter 764); Ruff, SB 79 (Chapter 745))

Higher educational institutions; prohibits institution from selling students’ personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses to any person. Amending § 23-2.1:3. (Patron-McWaters, SB 242 (Chapter 748))

Higher educational institutions; restrictions on student speech, limitations. Adding § 23-9.2:13. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 258 (Chapter 559))

Higher educational institutions; rules and regulations for admission and enrollment of students domiciled in Virginia, exception. Amending § 23-9.2:3. (Patron-Comstock, HB 28 (F))

Higher educational institutions; rules and regulations for admission and enrollment of students domiciled in Virginia, recovery of revenue lost by institutions. Amending § 23-9.2:3. (Patron-Ramadan, HB 137 (F))

Higher educational institutions; rules and regulations for admission of students domiciled in Virginia by start of 2019-2020 academic year, recovery of revenue lost by institutions. Amending § 23-9.2:3. (Patron-Hugo, HB 144 (F))

Higher educational institutions; tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty. Amending § 23-31; adding § 23-7.4:7. (Patron-Edwards, SB 633 (F))

Higher educational institutions; violence prevention committee policies and procedures. Amending § 23-9.2:10. (Patron-Filler-Corn, HB 544 (F))

Higher educational institutions; year-round instruction. Repealing § 23-8. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 436 (Chapter 6))

Higher educational institutions, four-year; institution shall create and feature on its website a page with information dedicated solely to mental health resources available to students. (Patron-Hope, HB 206 (Chapter 558))

Higher educational institutions, private; certification, institutions, prior to July 1, 2014, not required to obtain another certification. Amending § 23-276.4. (Patron-Norment, SB 460 (Chapter 629))

Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for small businesses hiring graduates of Virginia’s public colleges. Adding § 58.1-439.12:11. (Patron-Herring, HB 678 (F))

Longwood University; commemorating its 175th anniversary. (Patron-Edmunds, HJR 199 (P))

Longwood University; removal of member of Board of Visitors. Adding § 23-186.1. (Patron-Edmunds, HB 1102 (Chapter 479); Garrett, SB 581 (Chapter 113))

Opportunity Educational Institution; abolished. Amending §§ 2.2-2101, 22.1-7.1, 22.1-25, and 23-14; repealing §§ 22.1-27.1 through 22.1-27.6. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 113 (F))

Opportunity Educational Institution; delays initial transfer of supervision of certain public schools from local school boards. Amending third enactment of Chapter 805, 2013 Acts. (Patron-Hanger, SB 499 (F))

Patrick Henry College moot court team; commending. (Patron-LaRock, HJR 472 (P))

Pay It Forward, Pay It Back higher education tuition financing model; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study feasibility of implementing to increase access to educational opportunities and to decrease debt burden on students in the Commonwealth. (Patron-Toscano, HJR 72 (F); Edwards, SJR 25 (C))

Physicians, nineteenth-century; Virginia Commonwealth University to memorialize contributions of African American cadavers to training. (Patron-McQuinn, HJR 175 (F))

School buses; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study effectiveness of requiring seat belts. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HJR 34 (F))

Smart transportation pilot zone; Secretary of Transportation and VDOT shall establish zone to test state-of-the-art road technology utilizing existing state highway network or Smart Road managed by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Adding § 33.1-223.2:30. (Patron-Anderson, HB 1098 (Chapter 478))

Student mental health policies and procedures; violence prevention committee of each higher educational institution shall establish policies and procedures that outline circumstances under which all faculty and staff are to report behavior that may represent a physical threat to community, consistent with state and federal law, notification of family members or guardians, etc. Amending § 23-9.2:10. (Patron-Hugo, HB 1268 (Chapter 793); Petersen, SB 239 (Chapter 799))

Student-athlete discipline policies; board of visitors of higher educational institutions shall establish for discipline of students who participate in varsity intercollegiate athletics (MFarrar1), policies shall include provision requiring annual report by administration. Adding § 23-2.4. (Patron-Landes, HB 205 (Chapter 557))

Students; members of various education boards, Governor to make appointments for two-year terms. Amending §§ 22.1-9, 22.1-29, 22.1-29.1, 22.1-32, 23-9.2:5, and 23-9.3; adding § 22.1-29.2. (Patron-Futrell, HB 781 (F))

Students and officially recognized student organizations; right to hire counsel and right of review of disciplinary decisions. Adding § 23-9.2:13. (Patron-Morris, HB 1123 (F))

Students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study strategies for improving access to higher education. (Patron-Marsden, SJR 10 (F))

Suffolk, City of, and Paul D. Camp Community College; encouraged to collaborate on creation of joint academic center and new library for Suffolk region. (Patron-Cosgrove, SJR 101 (F))

Surviving spouses of military members; eligibility for in-state tuition charges. Amending §§ 23-7.4 and 23-7.4:2. (Patron-Wilt, HB 776 (Chapter 341))

Teacher Education and Licensure, Advisory Board on; increases membership. Amending § 22.1-305.2. (Patron-McClellan, HB 725 (Chapter 334))

Tuition, in-state; counting out-of-state students for certain purposes. Amending § 23-7.4:2. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 501 (Chapter 762))

Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Adding § 23-7.4:01. (Patron-McEachin, SB 249 (F))

Tuition, in-state; eligibility of undocumented persons. Adding § 23-7.4:01. (Patron-Marsden, SB 327 (I) See SB249)

Tuition, in-state; student eligibility, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Amending § 23-7.4:2. (Patron-Kory, HB 59 (F); Lopez, HB 88 (F))

Tuition, in-state; student eligibility, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Higher Education Equity Act of 2014. Amending § 23-7.4:2. (Patron-Rust, HB 747 (F))

Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant an eligible student receives shall be based on difference between costs of tuition and mandatory educational and general fees paid by recipient at a Virginia two-year higher educational institution, etc. Amending §§ 23-38.10:8 through 23-38.10:11. (Patron-Hanger, SB 429 (F))

Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; broadens eligibility by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by federal government, is no more than $12,000. Amending § 23-38.10:10. (Patron-Hanger, SB 419 (F))

Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; eligibility criteria. Amending § 23-38.10:10. (Patron-Cole, HB 133 (Chapter 806))

University of Virginia; changes composition of Board of Visitors. Amending §§ 23-70, 23-71, and 23-72. (Patron-Edwards, SB 55 (F))

University of Virginia Board of Visitors; increases number of members on executive committee. Amending § 23-75. (Patron-Massie, HB 465 (Chapter 567))

Veterans in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Assessing Experiences, Supportive Service Needs, and Service Gaps of; Virginia Tech to update its 2010 study report. (Patron-Yost, HJR 102 (F))

Virginia College Savings Plan; Plan established as a body politic and corporate and an independent agency of the Commonwealth. Amending § 23-38.76. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 203 (Chapter 23); Howell, SB 215 (Chapter 687))

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; President of VCU to serve as chairman of Board of Directors, appointment of Chief Executive Officer. Amending §§ 23-50.16:5 and 23-50.16:7. (Patron-Cox, HB 355 (Chapter 3); McEachin, SB 341 (Chapter 456))

Virginia Community College System; quorum and main office of State Board for Community Colleges. Amending § 23-217. (Patron-Cox, HB 356 (Chapter 652))

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for certain administrative investigations by higher educational institutions. Amending § 2.2-3705.3. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 703 (Chapter 414); Ruff, SB 78 (Chapter 609))

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exemption for educational institutions for confidential letters of recommendation for promotion. Amending § 2.2-3705.4. (Patron-Albo, HB 219 (Chapter 313))

Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes name of Program to Virginia College for All, establishes eligibility criteria for higher educational institutions to participate. Amending §§ 22.1-199.1, 23-38.53:4, 23-38.53:5, and 23-38.53:6. (Patron-Krupicka, HB 696 (F))

Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; students eligible for grants, recipient may receive maximum of one year of support per class level for maximum total of four years of support at four-year institution, etc. Amending § 23-38.53:6. (Patron-Cox, HB 573 (F))

Virginia Information Technologies Agency; certain higher educational institutions allowed to purchase directly from contracts established for state agencies and public bodies. Amending § 2.2-2012. (Patron-Rust, HB 749 (Chapter 36); Vogel, SB 392 (Chapter 180))

Virginia Military Institute board of visitors; appointment of executive committee and president. Amending §§ 23-95.1 and 23-98. (Patron-Norment, SB 445 (Chapter 367))

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; extends benefits to spouse or child of veteran with at least 90 percent permanent, service-related disability, subject to available appropriations. Amending § 23-7.4:1. (Patron-Stuart, SB 303 (F))

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; residency requirements. Amending § 23-7.4:1. (Patron-Stolle, HB 576 (Chapter 657); Puller, SB 481 (Chapter 184))

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; preservation of Stadium Woods property. Adding § 23-122.2. (Patron-Edwards, SB 92 (F))

Virginia Public Procurement Act; defines historically Black colleges and universities, included in term minority-owned business. Amending §§ 2.2-1604 and 2.2-4310. (Patron-Yancey, HB 1223 (C))

Virginia State University Gospel Chorale; commending. (Patron-Dance, HJR 276 (P); Marsh, SJR 121 (P))

Wytheville Community College; commemorating its 50th anniversary. (Patron-Carrico, SJR 93 (P))