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2001 SESSION

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HB 2589 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program.

Introduced by: Mary T. Christian | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Teacher Scholarship Loan Program. Moves and amends the Virginia Teacher Scholarship Loan Program, § 22.1-212.2:1, to a more appropriate section in Title 22.1. The amendment to the provision requires the Board of Education and the State Council of Higher Education to make available to parents, students, teachers, guidance counselors, and academic advisors and financial aid administrators at institutions of higher education information concerning the Program, eligibility criteria for loans, and the terms and conditions under which loans are awarded in order that students seeking careers in the teaching profession may be informed of the availability of such financial aid. The amendment to the companion section in Title 23, pertaining to the State Council of Higher Education's role and responsibilities in the Program, is identical to the amendment to the provisions of the Program in Title 22.1. Further, moving the Program to another section in Title 22.1 places it in proximity to other sections to which it is related, provides the Program greater visibility and makes it easier to find in the Code of Virginia, and relieves the congestion around sections in Title 22.1 where it was originally assigned. Many of the extensive amendments to the statutory provisions and the appropriations act in 2000 were the recommendations of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education to address the supply and demand of classroom teachers in critical teacher shortage disciplines, the dearth of male and minority teachers, and the shortage of classroom teachers in certain rural and urban areas of the Commonwealth. This bill is also the recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.


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