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2014 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Higher Education

Smith (Chairman), Saslaw, McWaters, Barker, Martin

Clerk: Patty Lung, Wesley Bland
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: January 14, 2014
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. - 3rd Floor West Conf. Room
Revised - Added SB 242

S.B. 55

Patron: Edwards

The University of Virginia; board of visitors. Changes the composition of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia from 17 visitors appointed by the Governor to 13 visitors appointed by the Governor and four visitors directly elected by the alumni of the University of Virginia.

S.B. 92

Patron: Edwards

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; preservation of Stadium Woods property. Prohibits the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Board of Visitors from transferring, building on, or otherwise disposing of the property known as Stadium Woods that includes 11.3 acres of old growth white oak forest owned and possessed by the University and that is adjacent to the east side of Lane Stadium.

S.B. 239

Patron: Petersen

Student mental health policies; violence prevention committee. Requires the violence prevention committee of each public institution of higher education to establish policies and procedures to require all faculty and staff to report behavior that may represent a threat to the community and to self to members of the campus community identified by the committee. The bill also requires each violence prevention committee to include notification of family members or guardians, or both, as a sufficient means of action in the committee's policies and procedures for the assessment of individuals whose behavior may present a threat, unless such notification would prove harmful to the individual in question.

S.B. 242

Patron: McWaters

Higher education; students' personal information. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from selling, trading, releasing, or otherwise distributing students' personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers, to third-party vendors.

S.B. 244

Patron: Edwards

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; elimination of certain duties and programs. Eliminates the duty of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to (i) develop policies and procedures for disclosing certain information to students on student lending practices; (ii) develop, in collaboration with public institutions of higher education and the Department of Health, education programs for college students on the etiology, effects, and prevention of infection with human immunodeficiency virus; and (iii) establish institutes that provide in-service training on the effective use of technology to teachers, administrators, and librarians. The bill transfers the administration of the Virginia Vocational Incentive Scholarship Program for Shipyard Workers and the companion Fund from SCHEV to Tidewater Community College and specifies that shipyard workers enrolled in a certain apprenticeship program are eligible for such program and fund. The bill abolishes the Virginia Graduate and Undergraduate Assistance Program, the College Scholarship Assistance Program, and the Virginia College Savings Program. The bill does not impact the Virginia College Savings Plan, commonly referred to as the Virginia 529 College Savings Plan or Virginia 529. Finally, the bill relocates a traineeship program administered by the Board of Education from Title 23 to Title 22.1.

S.B. 249

Patrons: McEachin, Ebbin

In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) he has provided an I-797 Approval Notice stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and (v) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.

S.B. 303

Patron: Stuart

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict.

S.B. 327

Patron: Marsden

In-state tuition; undocumented persons. Establishes that a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth; (iii) he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (iv) has provided an affidavit to the institution stating that he has filed an application to become a permanent resident of the United States and is actively pursuing such permanent residency or will do so as soon as he is eligible; and (v) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.

S.B. 341

Patron: McEachin

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; selection or removal of Chief Executive Officer. Requires that in situations where a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority and the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University do not agree upon the selection, removal, or conditions of appointment, including salary, of the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, the two boards will each select a committee of three members to consider the matters upon which the boards disagree in a joint committee meeting. The decision of the joint committee is binding upon the two boards. In the event that a majority of the members of each committee do not agree, then the President of the University shall decide the matters upon which the committees disagree. The President's decision will be binding upon the two boards.