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2010 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: January 28, 2010
Time and Place: Thursday, 2:30 PM, 3W Conference Rm, Gen. Assembly Bldg

S.B. 141 Higher educational institutions; shall not be prohibited from selling complimentary materials.

Patron: Miller, J.C.

Higher education; complimentary materials.  Specifies that instructional faculty at a Virginia public college or university shall not be prohibited from selling, gifting, or otherwise disposing of complimentary books or other instructional materials sent or given to them by publishers, whether those instructional materials were requested as examination copies or were sent to them unsolicited by the publishers.

S.B. 326 Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation; created.

Patron: Stuart

Virginia Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation. Creates the Virginia Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation as a body corporate and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Foundation shall identify, obtain, disburse, and administer funding for (i) research and development of alternative fuels, clean energy production, and related technologies; (ii) support of economic development projects in disadvantaged rural areas; and (iii) the provision of assistance in the commercialization of alternative fuels and clean energy technologies. Funding shall be awarded only to those proposed projects that best meet the established criteria and purposes of this act.

S.B. 534 Administration of higher education; restructures system.

Patron: McDougle

Administration of higher education. Restructures the system of higher education by abolishing the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Chancellor and Board for the Virginia Community College System and transferring certain of their duties to the Secretary of Education, the Board of Education, and the Department for Veterans Services. Other Code sections pertaining to these agencies have been repealed. This bill also creates the Virginia Higher Education Advisory Board as an advisory board within the executive branch of state government. Members of the Board are appointed by the Governor. The Board is charged with advising the Governor, General Assembly, and Secretary of Education on the development and operation of a seamless and educationally and economically sound and coordinated system of higher education in the Commonwealth, including the establishment, control, and administration of the Virginia Community College System. The duties and responsibilities of the Secretary of Education have been expanded to authorize the Secretary to oversee the system of higher education. The terms of current appointees to the State Council of Higher Education and the Board for the Virginia Community College System will expire on July 1, 2010. The bill also makes several technical amendments.

S.B. 598 Yoga teacher training program; disclosure statement to all prospective students before enrollment.

Patron: Herring

Regulation of private and out-of-state institutions of higher education; exemptions. Exempts yoga teacher training programs from state law provisions regarding regulation of certain private and out-of-state institutions of higher education.

S.B. 712 Branch campus of George Mason University in the Republic of Korea.

Patron: Petersen

Branch campus of George Mason University in the Republic of Korea.  Authorizes the board of visitors of George Mason University to establish, operate, and govern a branch campus of the university in the Republic of Korea. This bill also authorizes the board of visitors to create a corporation or other legal entity, controlled by the board of visitors, to establish, operate, and govern the branch campus and allows the board of visitors to pursue planning and development of the branch campus. Certain provisions customary for the establishment of branch campuses of institutions in foreign lands and constitutional protections for Virginians either teaching or matriculating at the branch campus have been included. The corporation that may be created by the board of visitors of George Mason University is deemed a sole source provider under the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.). This act will expire on July 1, 2012, if the board of visitors does not create a corporation or other legal entity in accordance with the provisions of this act.

S.B. 720 Tuition charges; covered institutions of higher education.

Patron: Norment

Tuition charges; covered institutions of higher education.  Authorizes the covered institutions governed by Subchapter 3 (§ 23-38.91 et seq.) of the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act to charge either a fixed tuition amount or a variable tuition amount based on ability to pay.