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2006 SESSION

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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: February 16, 2006
Time and Place: 2:30PM Third Floor West Conference Room General Assembly Building

H.B. 57

Patron: Fralin

Higher education; articulation agreements and transferable credits.  Requires that if a student declares an intention to transfer credit from an institution within the Virginia Community College System to a four-year public institution, the articulation agreement in force at the time of the student's declaration will determine those credits that may be transferred if the student (i) completes an associate degree within four years of submitting a written declaration of intent to transfer to a four-year public institution of higher education in Virginia and (ii) enrolls in such institution within 12 months of completing an associate degree.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-9.2:3.02 of the Code of Virginia, relating to articulation agreements between four-year public institutions of higher education and all institutions within the Virginia Community College System.

060289302

H.B. 504

Patron: Armstrong

Reduced tuition rates for employees of the Virginia Community College System.  Allows the State Board for Community Colleges to establish policies and guidelines providing for reduced tuition rates at Virginia's community colleges for employees of the Virginia Community College System.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reduced tuition rates for employees of the Virginia Community College System.

064226216

H.B. 1272

Patron: Janis

Virginia War Orphan Education Program; definition of disability.  Amends the Virginia War Orphan Education Program to incorporate the federal terminology and definition related to total and permanent disability.  Currently, there is no definition of disability in the Virginia statute relating to the Program.  The measure also changes the name of the Virginia War Orphan Education Program to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and extends benefits of the Program to qualified survivors and dependants of military service members who are killed, disabled, or missing in action. Eligibility for benefits under the Program must be established through documentation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.  The Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services is directed to designate a senior-level official to be responsible for developing and implementing the agency's strategy for disseminating information about the Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to disabled veterans whose dependents qualify and to survivors of veterans who may qualify.  The Commissioner of the Department of Veteran Services must report annually to the Governor and General Assembly as to the agency's policies and strategies relating to dissemination of information about the Program.  

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-7.4:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program.

063930348