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2000 SESSION
HB 980 Grants for tuition for certain education students.
Introduced by: L. Karen Darner | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Waivers of tuition for certain persons. Provides grants for tuition and fees at Virginia community colleges for a Virginia resident who (i) has received a high school diploma or a general educational development (GED) certificate and was in foster care or in the custody of the Department of Social Services or is considered a special needs adoption at the time such diploma or certificate was awarded; (ii) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in a degree or certificate program of at least one academic year in length in a Virginia community college; (iii) has not been enrolled in postsecondary education as a full-time student for more than five years; (iv) maintains the required grade point average established by the State Board for Community Colleges; (v) has submitted applications for federal student financial aid programs; and (vi) meets any additional financial need requirements established by the State Board for Community Colleges for the purposes of such grants. The State Board for Community Colleges, in consultation with the State Council of Higher Education and the Department of Social Services, is to establish regulations governing the grants that shall address renewal of grants; financial need; the calculation of grant amounts, after consideration of any additional financial resources or aid the student may hold; the grade point average required to retain such grant; and procedures for the repayment of tuition and fees after failure to meet the grant requirements.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 005754696 pdf
- 02/12/00 House: Printed as engrossed 005754696-E pdf
- 03/15/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB980ER) pdf
- 05/04/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 005754696
- 01/24/00 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/09/00 House: Reported from Appropriations with amds (27-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/00 House: Read first time
- 02/12/00 House: Read second time
- 02/12/00 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/00 House: Title replaced
- 02/12/00 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/12/00 House: Printed as engrossed 005754696-E
- 02/14/00 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/00 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/24/00 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/00 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/01/00 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/00 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/00 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/00 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/15/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB980ER)
- 03/20/00 House: Enrolled
- 03/20/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 968 (effective 7/1/00)
- 05/04/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968)