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2008 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Higher Education

Edwards (Chairman), Saslaw, Quayle, Ruff, Locke

Clerk: Jocelyn R. Lance
Staff: Jessica Eades, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: February 21, 2008
Time and Place: 2:30 PM, 3rd W Conf. Rm, General Assembly Building

H.B. 14 Higher educational institutions; aliens unlawfully present not eligible for admission thereto.

Patron: Peace

Admission of illegal aliens to public institutions of higher education. Provides that an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for admission to any public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates HB 123 (Hargrove), HB 425 (Marshall, R.G.), and HB 1010 (Hugo).

H.B. 118 Higher education; required to report to SCHEV on steps taken to ensure academic freedom, etc.

Patron: Landes

Higher education; academic freedom.  Requires each public institution of higher education to annually report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) the steps the institution is taking to ensure academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas. SCHEV must compile the information and report to the General Assembly by December 31 of the last year of each biennium.

H.B. 524 In-state tuition; eligibility for certain military personnel.

Patron: Suit

Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain military personnel.  Provides that in determining the domiciliary intent of retired military personnel residing in the Commonwealth at the time of their retirement, or the domiciliary intent of their dependent spouse or children who claim domicile through them, who voluntarily elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes, the requirement to prove domiciliary intent in Virginia for one year is waived. Also, provides that any active duty members, activated guard or reservist members, or guard or reservist members mobilized or on temporary active orders for six months or more, who are either stationed or assigned by their military service to a work location in Virginia and are residing in Virginia are entitled to in-state tuition.

H.B. 641 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from requirements of Personnel Act.

Patron: Hogan

Southern Virginia Higher Education Center.  Exempts the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center from the provisions and requirements of the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.).

H.B. 766 Fraudulent academic credentials; misdemeanor to use to obtain employment, promotion, etc.

Patron: Tata

Fraudulent academic credentials; penalty.  Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to operate a degree/diploma mill and to issue or manufacture a fraudulent academic credential or for a person to use one.

H.B. 979 TAG; eligibility for students attending Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Patron: Nutter

Tuition Assistance Grants; eligibility.  Provides that students attending the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine shall be eligible for the Tuition Assistance Grant Program.

H.B. 1390 Higher educational institutions; operational authority.

Patron: Putney

Public institutions of higher education; operational authority. Provides operational authority for public institutions of higher education in the areas of information technology, procurement, and capital outlay pursuant to the Restructuring Act of 2005.