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2005 SESSION
HB 2071 Southside Virginia Higher Education Center; created.
Introduced by: Clarke N. Hogan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. Continues the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, previously established as an off-campus center of Longwood University, as an educational institution charged to, among other things, encourage the expansion of higher education, including adult and continuing education, associate, undergraduate, and graduate degree programs and foster partnerships between the public and private sectors to enhance higher education in the region.
The Center is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees, consisting of the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee; the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee; the presidents or chancellors, as appropriate, or their designees of Longwood University, Danville Community College, and Southside Virginia Community College; the division superintendent of Halifax County Public Schools; three legislators; and six gubernatorially-appointed nonlegislative citizen members. The Board is authorized to establish agreements with public and private institutions of higher education to provide associate, undergraduate, and graduate level instructional programs at the Center.
Currently, the Center is located in South Boston and is governed by the Southern Virginia Higher Education Consortium, which includes Longwood University, Southside Virginia Community College, and Danville Community College. This bill is identical to SB 1293.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051421324 pdf
- 01/31/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051860324-H1 pdf
- 02/24/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2071ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051421324
- 01/11/05 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/27/05 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: Higher Education-S...
- 01/31/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051860324-H1
- 01/31/05 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/05 House: Read first time
- 02/02/05 House: Read second time
- 02/02/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 051860324-H1
- 02/02/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2071H1
- 02/03/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/04/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/05 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/05 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/05 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2071ER)
- 02/25/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799)