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1996 SESSION
HB 1146 Degree-granting authority; approval of private postsecondary schools.
Introduced by: Robert Tata | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Degree-granting authority and approval of certain private postsecondary schools. Clarifies the responsibilities of the Board of Education and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) for regulation of certain private schools and institutions. Schools applying for authority to offer diplomas and certificates, but not degrees, will be subject to the Board of Education's licensure and certification authority from July 1, 1996. For schools offering diplomas and certificates which were approved by the SCHEV prior to July 1, 1996, the Board will review and make recommendations to the State Council of Higher Education regarding the continuation of programs offering diplomas and certificates. Approval authority for the conferring of degrees continues to rest with SCHEV. Clarifying edits distinguish between postsecondary schools and institutions of higher education; the measure also addresses the differences between diplomas, certificates, and degrees. Although diplomas and certificates have been associated with postsecondary schools and degrees with institutions of higher education, some schools and institutions have offered a mixture of these academic awards. This bill is identical SB 591.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 960915807 pdf
- 02/09/96 House: Committee substitute printed 960933464-H1 pdf
- 03/13/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1146ER) pdf
- 04/12/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 960915807
- 01/22/96 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/29/96 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 4
- 02/09/96 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/96 House: Committee substitute printed 960933464-H1
- 02/10/96 House: Read first time
- 02/12/96 House: Read second time
- 02/12/96 House: Committee substitute agreed to 960933464-H1
- 02/12/96 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 960933464-H1
- 02/13/96 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/96 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/14/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/14/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/22/96 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/96 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/26/96 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/26/96 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/26/96 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/96 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/96 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/96 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/13/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1146ER)
- 03/20/96 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/06/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/96)
- 04/12/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)