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2014 SESSION
SB 244 Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; elimination of certain duties and programs.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101997D pdf | impact statement
- 01/20/14 Senate: Printed as engrossed 14101997D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB244ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/03/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101997D
- 01/03/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/08/14 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/16/14 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/14 Senate: Read second time
- 01/20/14 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/20/14 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/20/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB244E
- 01/20/14 Senate: Printed as engrossed 14101997D-E
- 01/21/14 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/24/14 House: Read first time
- 01/24/14 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/07/14 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/25/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/14 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/14 House: Read second time
- 02/28/14 House: Read third time
- 02/28/14 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/14 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/14 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/05/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB244ER)
- 03/05/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/01/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 484 (effective 7/1/14)
- 04/01/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484)