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HB 2588 State-funded student aid; minimum grade point average.

Introduced by: S. Vance Wilkins, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

State-funded student aid; minimum grade point average. Provides that for eligibility for any state-funded scholarship, grant, loan, or student financial aid program established in Title 23 and administered by the State Council of Higher Education or the governing bodies of any of the public institutions of higher education, with the exception of the Tuition Assistance Grant Program (TAG), a student must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 on a scale of 4.0 or its equivalent at the end of the second academic year, or sixty credit hours or its equivalent, or to have academic standing consistent with graduation requirements. In addition, students must complete their programs within a maximum time frame of 150 percent of the published program length. The institutions are to establish procedures to set aside these requirements for mitigating circumstances.

This provision is designed to capture various student aid initiatives funded by state dollars, such as the unfunded scholarships administered by the public institutions; the Virginia Graduate and Undergraduate Assistance Program; various health and other professional scholarships; the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program (VGAP), which already requires a 2.0 average; the Virginia Scholars Program; grants awarded under the College Scholarship Assistance Act; and the Virginia Work-Study Program.


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