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2004 SESSION

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HB 517 Higher educational institutions; admission policies.

Introduced by: Dwight Clinton Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Admissions policies of public institutions of higher education. 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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 048119364  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 048119364
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/04  House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 4
• 02/02/04  House: Tabled in Education (22-Y 0-N)