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HB 2343 Higher education affordability; New Century Scholars Program.

Introduced by: Paul Clinton Harris, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Higher education affordability; New Century Scholars Program. Establishes the Commonwealth's financial aid policy as being to meet at least 100 percent of the true financial need of domiciled Virginia residents attending Virgina's public colleges and universities as undergraduate students. This bill also establishes the New Century Scholars Program; a scholarship for students who are domiciled Virginians attending Virginia post-secondary or higher education institutions that have met one of two sets of criteria. The criteria are that (i) the student has a grade point average ranking him within the top 20 students in his high school graduating class at a high school in Virginia; has not been suspended or expelled from any public or private school; and has enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited, degree-granting public or private institution of higher education in Virginia or a career school, physically located in Virginia and accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education that is determined to be eligible to participate in the program by the Attorney General; or (ii) the student has scored at the advanced level on end-of-course Standards of Learning tests; has maintained at least a B average, i.e., 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent in high school; has not been suspended or expelled from any public or private school; and has enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited, degree-granting public or private institution of higher education in Virginia or a career school, physically located in Virginia and accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education that is determined to be eligible to participate in the program by the Attorney General. This bill is identical to SB 1234.