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2018 SESSION
HB 285 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS shall establish, report.
Introduced by: Kathleen Murphy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Community College System; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program. Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish and administer a two-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select comprehensive community colleges in the maximum amount of $4,000 per year, to be applied toward the costs of tuition and books, to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded by the unexpended balance in federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The bill does not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of the bill is included in an appropriation act passed in 2018 by the General Assembly that becomes law.
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HISTORY
- 01/03/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101537D
- 01/03/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/06/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/18 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/07/18 House: Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/08/18 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/09/18 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Appropriations