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HB 1336 SCHEV; policy on course credit at higher educational institutions.
Introduced by: R. Steven Landes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; policy on course credit at public institutions of higher education for certain examinations. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with the governing board of each public institution of higher education, to establish a uniform policy for granting undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students who have taken one or more Advanced Placement, Cambridge Advanced (A/AS), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), or International Baccalaureate examinations and repeals the current law under which such governing boards individually implement such policies. The bill requires SCHEV and each public institution of higher education to make the policy available to the public on its website. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2016.
FULL TEXT
- 11/25/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100703D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1336ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578) pdf
HISTORY
- 11/25/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100703D
- 11/25/14 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/16/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/28/15 House: Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/29/15 House: Read first time
- 01/30/15 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/15 House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/15 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
- 02/19/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1336ER)
- 02/19/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
- 02/23/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/23/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)