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HB 2320 Cooperative degree program; Secretary of Education, et al., shall develop a plan to establish.
Introduced by: Benjamin L. Cline | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Cooperative online degree program plan. Requires the Secretary of Education and the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with each two-year or four-year, public or private, nonprofit institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and the Virginia Community College System, to develop a plan to establish and advertise a cooperative degree program whereby any undergraduate student enrolled at any two-year or four-year, public or private, nonprofit institution of higher education in the Commonwealth may complete, through the use of online courses at any such institution, the course credit requirements to receive a degree at a tuition cost not to exceed $4,000, or such cost that is achievable, per academic year. The Secretary and Director shall report no later than October 1, 2016, to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the progress made toward developing such cooperative degree program plan.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/15 House: Presented and ordered printed 15102534D pdf
- 02/02/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104574D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105249D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2320ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/22/15 House: Presented and ordered printed 15102534D
- 01/22/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/26/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/29/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104574D-H1
- 02/03/15 House: Read first time
- 02/04/15 House: Read second time
- 02/04/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104574D-H1
- 02/04/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2320H1
- 02/05/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/15 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/19/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105249D-S1
- 02/19/15 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/23/15 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15105249D-S1
- 02/25/15 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/25/15 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/25/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2320S1
- 02/25/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/15 House: Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 15105249D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/15 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2320ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/26/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/26/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)