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SB 897 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, educational programs.
Introduced by: Bill DeSteph | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; educational programs. Requires all members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education to participate in educational programs designed to address the role, duties, and responsibilities of the governing boards at least once within the first two years of membership and at least once within every two years of membership thereafter. Under current law, new members are required to participate in such programs at least once during their first two years of membership. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop educational materials for board members with more than two years of service on a governing board and develop criteria by which such members shall demonstrate compliance.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103229D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106653D-S1 pdf
- 02/24/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB897ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103229D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106653D-S1
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106653D-S1
- 02/03/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB897S1
- 02/04/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/20 House: Read first time
- 02/12/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/17/20 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Read second time
- 02/20/20 House: Read third time
- 02/20/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB897ER)
- 02/24/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- 02/28/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- 03/04/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/04/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)