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SB 1527 Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.
Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than the grant of each eligible student with equivalent remaining need in the next-lowest class level, and (iv) each Program grant be determined by a proportionate award schedule adopted by each institution and vary according to each student's remaining need and the total of tuition, fees, and other necessary charges, including books. This bill is identical to HB 2427.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103881D pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105424D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1527ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103881D
- 01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/26/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/01/17 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/17 House: Read first time
- 02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 02/13/17 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105424D-H1
- 02/14/17 House: Read second time
- 02/15/17 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/17 House: Read third time
- 02/16/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105424D-H1
- 02/16/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1527H1
- 02/16/17 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Title replaced 17105424D-H1
- 02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1527ER)
- 02/22/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- 02/23/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)