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2014 SESSION
SB 429 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant. Provides that the amount of the Two-Year College Transfer Grant an eligible student receives shall be based on the difference between the costs of tuition and mandatory educational and general fees paid by the recipient at a Virginia two-year institution of higher education and either (i) for a student who transfers to a public four-year institution of higher education, the cost of such tuition and fees at the public institution of higher education to which he has transferred or (ii) for a student who transfers to a private four-year institution of higher education, the average cost of such tuition and fees at a Virginia four-year public institution of higher education. Current law provides for a fixed annual grant of $1,000 with an additional $1,000 per year for students pursuing certain undergraduate degrees. The bill broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently, the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop statistics on students receiving the transfer grants and examine whether there is a correlation between receiving the grant and graduation rates. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a 2014 general appropriation act.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103424D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104775D-S1 pdf
- 02/06/14 Senate: Printed as engrossed 14104775D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103424D
- 01/07/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/14/14 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/23/14 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/14 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/04/14 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104775D-S1
- 02/05/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/14 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14104775D-S1
- 02/06/14 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/06/14 Senate: Amendments by Senator Hanger agreed to
- 02/06/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB429ES1
- 02/06/14 Senate: Printed as engrossed 14104775D-ES1
- 02/07/14 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/14 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/14 House: Read first time
- 02/12/14 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/19/14 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 03/03/14 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 03/04/14 House: Left in Appropriations