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SENATE BILL NO. 1193
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on January 26, 2015)
(Patrons Prior to Substitute--Senators Norment and Deeds [SB 1326])
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 23 a section numbered 23-9.2:15, relating to academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 23 a section numbered 23-9.2:15 as follows:

§ 23-9.2:15. Academic transcripts; suspension or permanent dismissal from institution.

The registrar of each (i) private institution of higher education that is eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program or to receive project financing from the Virginia College Building Authority pursuant to the Educational Facilities Authority Act of 1972 (§ 23-30.39 et seq.) and (ii) public institution of higher education, or the other employee, office, or department of the institution that is responsible for maintaining student academic records shall include a prominent notation on the academic transcript of each student who has been suspended for, permanently dismissed for, or withdraws from the institution while under investigation for any sex offense that the institution is required to report under the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The institution shall notify and receive confirmation from each student that the student understands that any such suspension, dismissal, or withdrawal will be documented on his academic transcript.