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HB 1960 Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria to be eligible to receive tuition assistance.

Introduced by: Thomas Davis Rust | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Tuition Assistance Grant Program.  Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution not admitted to the program as of January 1, 2011, to be eligible, it must (i) be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the Commonwealth; (ii) have its principal place of business within the Commonwealth; (iii) conduct its primary educational activity within the Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting agency. The bill also defines "principal place of business." This bill is identical to SB 1439.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution, not admitted to the program as of January 1, 2011, to be eligible, (i) it must be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the Commonwealth; (ii) have their principal place of business within the Commonwealth; (iii) conduct their primary educational activity within the Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting agency. The bill defines "principal place of business" and a second enactment clause provides that bill shall not alter the eligibility criteria for participation in the tuition assistance grant program for any nonprofit institution of collegiate education that had an application pending with SCHEV as of January 1, 2011.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Tuition Assistance Grant Program.  Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution to be eligible, the institution must have either been receiving such funds as of January 1, 2011, or be a private, nationally recognized, regionally accredited, and nonprofit institution of collegiate education that is formed, chartered, or established within the Commonwealth. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education to keep a current, and periodically updated, list of such institutions.