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HB 2427 Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.
Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than the grant of each eligible student with equivalent remaining need in the next-lowest class level, and (iv) each Program grant be determined by a proportionate award schedule adopted by each institution and vary according to each student's remaining need and the total of tuition, fees, and other necessary charges, including books. This bill is identical to SB 1527.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/17 House: Presented and ordered printed 17104206D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104960D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2427ER) pdf
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/19/17 House: Presented and ordered printed 17104206D
- 01/19/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 01/30/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/17 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104960D-H1
- 02/03/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Read second time
- 02/06/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104960D-H1
- 02/06/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2427H1
- 02/07/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/14/17 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2427ER)
- 02/20/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 325 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)