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HB 1924 Tuition grants; provide for commercial crab fishermen attending two-year educational institution.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Tuition grants; commercial crab fishermen. Provides tuition grants for a bona fide domiciliary of Virginia who (i) is a Virginia waterman holding a valid Virginia commercial crabbing license that has incurred adverse economic impacts as determined by the U.S. Dept of Commerce Blue Crab Commercial Fishery Failure Declaration; (ii) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in a degree or certificate program of at least one academic year in length in a public two-year institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iii) has not been enrolled in postsecondary education as a full-time student for more than three years; (iv) has submitted applications for federal student financial aid programs for which he may be eligible; and (v) is not in default of a federal educational loan or student loan made or guaranteed by Virginia. This bill is contingent upon funds from the federal relief package associated with the U.S. Dept of Commerce Blue Crab Commercial Fishery Failure Declaration being made available to cover the full cost of these tuition grants. This bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2012.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 094040596 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/09 House: Printed as engrossed 094040596-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1924ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 094040596
- 01/13/09 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/20/09 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education and Arts
- 01/20/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 01/26/09 House: Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/09 House: Read first time
- 01/28/09 House: Read second time
- 01/28/09 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/28/09 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1924E
- 01/28/09 House: Printed as engrossed 094040596-E
- 01/29/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/09 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/19/09 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/09 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1924ER)
- 02/28/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)