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HB 712 Higher edu. inst.; policies for required reinstatement of enrollment for certain military students.
Introduced by: G. Glenn Oder | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Policies for required reinstatement of certain military students. Directs the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) to include in its guidelines for tuition relief, refunds, and reinstatement for military students who withdrew from enrollment in a public institution of higher education due to service in a "defense crisis" provisions addressing (i) procedures for the required reenrollment of students whose call to active duty military service precluded their completion of a semester or equivalent term and (ii) policies providing for the required reenrollment of such military students.
The current SCHEV guidelines direct the institutions to "detail the circumstances under which a student shall be allowed to re-enroll" and state that "[g]enerally, a student who is called to active duty or is mobilized should be assured a reasonable opportunity to re-enroll ... without having to re-apply for admission if the student returns to the same institution within one year ...."
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043740444 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043740444-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB712ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043740444
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/04 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 4
- 01/26/04 House: Reported from Education with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/04 House: Read first time
- 01/28/04 House: Read second time
- 01/28/04 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/28/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB712E
- 01/28/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043740444-E
- 01/29/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/30/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 03/04/04 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB712ER)
- 03/23/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)