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2024 SESSION
SB 627 College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Education and Virginia Community College System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund established. Establishes the College and Career Ready Virginia Fund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community College System to establish the College and Career Ready Virginia Program whereby each school board is required to offer each qualified high school student in the local school division access at the high school to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to complete the Passport Program and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies Program at a public institution of higher education at no cost to such students. The bill establishes several enumerated duties for the Department and the System in the administration of the College and Career Ready Virginia Program, including the establishment of a work group to make recommendations no later than November 1, 2024, on the incorporation of a career and technical education program of coursework into the College and Career Ready Virginia Program. This bill is identical to HB 1087.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103037D pdf
- 02/08/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107152D-S1 pdf
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107611D-S2 pdf
- 02/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107966D-H1 pdf
- 03/07/24 Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108997D-S3 pdf
- 03/25/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB627ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103037D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/24/24 Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107152D-S1
- 02/08/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107611D-S2
- 02/12/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24107152D-S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107611D-S2
- 02/13/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB627S2
- 02/13/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/24 House: Read first time
- 02/16/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/19/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107966D-H1
- 02/21/24 House: Read second time
- 02/22/24 House: Read third time
- 02/22/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107966D-H1
- 02/22/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB627H1
- 02/22/24 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/24 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/27/24 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/27/24 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/29/24 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/29/24 Senate: Senators: Lucas, Aird, Suetterlein
- 03/01/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/01/24 House: Delegates: Rasoul, Reaser, Coyner
- 03/07/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/24 Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108997D-S3
- 03/08/24 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/08/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB627ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 684 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684)