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HB 846 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund; created, report.
Introduced by: Viola O. Baskerville | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund. Creates the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program for the purpose of assisting students who were enrolled in the public schools of Virginia between 1954 and 1964, in jurisdictions in which such public schools were closed to avoid desegregation, in obtaining a high school diploma, the General Education Development certificate, career or technical education or training, or an undergraduate degree from a public institution of higher education in Virginia. The State Council of Higher Education shall administer the Program. The Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee, established in the legislative branch of state government, is composed of legislators and nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Joint Rules Committee and the Governor and is authorized to award the scholarships and govern the Program. The Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program Fund, a special nonreverting fund, is established on the books of the Comptroller to receive appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, and bequests for the Program. The bill also establishes student eligibility for such scholarships and stipulates that scholarships may be used only for payment of tuition charges. In addition, the bill provides that (i) the Program does not establish any legally enforceable right or entitlement on the part of any person or any right or entitlement to participation in the program; and (ii) scholarships must be awarded to the extent funds are made available or as directed by the appropriation act.
This bill also allows individuals entitled to an income tax refund to contribute a portion, at least $1, or all of the refund to the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Fund for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2004.
The second enactment clause provides that educational terms used in the act shall be construed as defined in Titles 22.1, 23, and 40.1.
This bill is supported by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044204228 pdf
- 01/26/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043796228-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 044286228-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044204228
- 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 substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043796228-H1
- 01/27/04 House: Read first time
- 01/28/04 House: Read second time
- 01/28/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 043796228-H1
- 01/28/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB846H1
- 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 Ed. & H. with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/05/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 044286228-S1
- 03/08/04 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/09/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 044286228-S1
- 03/09/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB846S1
- 03/09/04 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 House: Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- 03/10/04 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (31-Y 65-N)
- 03/10/04 House: VOTE: REJECTED #2 (31-Y 65-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/11/04 House: House acceded to request
- 03/11/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/04 House: Delegates: Baskerville, Wardrup, Reid
- 03/11/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senators: Lambert, Locke, Marsh
- 03/16/04 House: No further action taken
- 03/16/04 House: Failed to pass in House