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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Higher Education

Saslaw (Chairman), Quayle, Edwards, Bell

Clerk: Hobie Lehman
Staff: Norma Szakal,Nicole Seeds
Date of Meeting: January 19, 2006
Time and Place: Thursday, 2:30PM, Three West, General Assembly Building

S.B. 130

Patron: O'Brien

Community College Transfer Grant program.  Establishes the Community College Transfer Grant program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of providing higher education grants to domiciles of Virginia who have successfully completed an acceptable associate degree program at a Virginia community college and have been admitted to an accredited nonprofit public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. To be eligible to receive a grant under this program, students must be Virginia domiciles and must have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher while enrolled in an associate degree program at a Virginia community college. Students may receive grants for up to two academic years. The amount of grants awarded is based on the difference between the cost of tuition and educational and general fees paid by the recipient at a community college and the cost of such tuition and fees at the institution of higher education in which the student has been enrolled. As an incentive to institutions of higher education enrolling grant recipients, each such college or university will receive a grant of an amount specified in the appropriation act for each student it enrolls who receives a community college transfer grant.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 23 a chapter numbered 4.02, consisting of sections numbered 23-38.10:8 through 23-38.10:14, relating to the establishment of a Community College Transfer Grant program.

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S.B. 259

Patron: Wagner

Public institutions of higher education; intellectual property.  Removes limitations and requirements currently in place governing the assignment of intellectual property rights at public institutions of higher education. Instead, each institution will be required to adopt its own policies concerning assignment of intellectual property that will govern any research contracts to which it is a party. Each institution must forward a copy of its policies to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science and report annually to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science as to the assignment of any intellectual property interests by that institution. The bill removes the requirement that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia create guidelines for institutions to follow in developing their policies.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2233.2, 23-4.3 and 23-4.4 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 23-9.10:4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to intellectual property developed at public institutions of higher education.

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S.B. 538

Patron: Stosch

Articulation, transfer, and dual enrollment and admissions agreements.  Requires all four-year public institutions of higher education to develop articulation, transfer, and dual enrollment and admissions agreements, including dual admissions programs for qualified students to be simultaneously accepted by a community college and, contingent upon the successful completion of an acceptable associate degree program from the community college, by the four-year public institution of higher education. The State Council of Higher Education must include in its guidelines for these agreements conditions required to establish dual admissions programs that set forth the obligations of the students accepted in the programs, including grade point average requirements, acceptable associate degree programs, completion timetables, and the students' access to the privileges of enrollment in both institutions while attending either institution.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 23-9.2:3.02, 23-9.6:1, and 23-9.14:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to articulation, transfer, and dual enrollment and admissions agreements between community colleges and four-year institutions of higher education.

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S.B. 539

Patron: Stosch

Private College Grant Enrollment Grant Program.  Creates the Private College Enrollment Grant Program for the purpose of providing higher education grants on a per capita basis to private nonprofit institutions of higher education that agree, in the interest of providing access to higher education for Virginia's burgeoning student population, to enroll Virginia domiciles. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is designated as the administering agency of the program and is authorized to develop and enter into contracts with Virginia's private nonprofit institutions to provide grants on a per capita basis to such institutions on behalf of enrolled Virginia domiciles. The Council is also authorized to promulgate necessary and appropriate regulations to administer the program, including measures to ensure the reduction of out-of-pocket tuition costs to Virginia's student population.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 23 a chapter numbered 4.1:1, consisting of sections numbered 23-38.19:6 through 23-38.19:9, relating to the establishment of a Private College Enrollment Grant program.

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S.B. 540

Patron: Stosch

Community College Transfer Grant Program.  Establishes the Community College Transfer Grant Program for the purpose of providing higher education grants or vouchers to domiciles of Virginia who have successfully completed an acceptable associate degree program at a Virginia Community College and have been admitted to an accredited nonprofit public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.  The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is designated as the administering agency of the program and must promulgate necessary and appropriate regulations for its administration.  Eligibility for the program is limited to domiciles of the Commonwealth, and recipients of grants or vouchers may only receive such tuition assistance for two academic years or the equivalent number or credit hours. 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 23 a chapter numbered 4.02, consisting of sections numbered 23-38.10:8 through 23-38.10:13, relating to the establishment of a Community College Transfer Grant Program.

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S.B. 542

Patron: Stosch

In-state tuition; limitation on eligibility.  Provides that students entitled to in-state tuition will be assessed a surcharge upon satisfactorily completing 125% of the student's program. The surcharge will be an amount calculated to equal 100% of the average cost of the student's education at the relevant institution less tuition and mandatory educational and general fee charges assessed to a student meeting Virginia domiciliary status who has not exceeded 125% of the time-to-completion for his program. A waiver of the surcharge may be granted by the State Council of Higher Education upon a determination that an extenuating circumstance, such as, but not limited to, illness or disability or active service in the armed forces of the United States, has delayed the student's progress towards graduation. A second enactment clause requires SCHEV to revise its guidelines for determining in-state tuition charges, which are not subject to the Administrative Process Act, to include these requirements by July 1, 2006, including, but not limited to, notice to students who may be or may become subject to the surcharge and determinations of extenuating circumstances.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-7.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to eligibility for in-state tuition; surcharge to be assessed under certain circumstances.

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S.B. 581

Patron: Cuccinelli

Educational institutions; required disclosure by governing body.  Requires the governing bodies of public institutions of higher education to annually disclose all factors used in admission decisions, such as geographic diversity, academic achievement, race, ethnicity, religion, or extracurricular activities.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-9.2:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to required disclosure by the board of visitors or other governing body of an educational institution.

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