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2016 SESSION

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SB 338 Higher educational institutions; study abroad programs.

Introduced by: Kenneth Alexander (Resigned) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Higher education; study abroad programs. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop guidelines for study abroad programs.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Higher education; study abroad programs. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop a model policy for study abroad programs.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Higher education; study abroad programs. Requires each public or private institution of higher education to report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia a list of all study abroad programs offered or approved for credit by the institution, any deaths of study abroad program participants, and any accidents involving or illnesses of such participants during such programs that resulted in hospitalization. The bill requires the Council to publish the reports on its website along with information regarding sexual assaults and criminal acts that affect study abroad program participants. The bill also provides that any person offering a study abroad program shall be considered, in any civil action involving a participant of such program who is a resident of the Commonwealth or attends an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, to have transacted business in the Commonwealth for the purposes of personal jurisdiction.