SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2018 SESSION
SB 27 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS shall establish, report.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Virginia Community College System; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program. Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish and administer a two-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select comprehensive community colleges in the maximum amount of $4,000 per year to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded by the unexpended balance in federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The bill does not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of the bill is included in an appropriation act passed in 2018 by the General Assembly that becomes law.
FULL TEXT
- 11/20/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100247D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18100247D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/20/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100247D
- 11/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/18 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/18 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/02/18 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/02/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB27E
- 02/02/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18100247D-E
- 02/05/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/22/18 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/27/18 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 03/06/18 House: Left in Appropriations