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2020 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Higher Education

Locke (Chair), Petersen, Cosgrove, Chafin, Hashmi

Clerk: Patty Lung, Catherine Dent
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: January 27, 2020
Time and Place: 30 min. after Adj., Subcommittee Room 2, 5th Fl. Pocahontas Bldg.

S.B. 99

Patron: Marsden

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant; (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution; or (iii) otherwise inquiring about the criminal history of an applicant for admission prior to the applicant receiving a conditional offer of acceptance from the institution.

S.B. 146

Patron: Stuart

Public institutions of higher education; tuition and mandatory fee increase; student approval. Provides that no increase in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees approved by a governing board of a public institution of higher education shall take effect unless such increase receives an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of undergraduate students enrolled in such institution.

S.B. 147

Patron: Stuart

Public institutions of higher education; chief executive officer compensation. Provides mandates for when any governing board of a public institution of higher education or committee of such board considers increasing the compensation of the institution's chief executive officer as defined in § 23.1-100 or amending the board's policies and procedures relating to the compensation of the chief executive officer. The bill provides that the board or committee shall provide written notice of the rationale for such amendment or the rationale for, source of funding for, and amount of such increase to the public in advance of any meeting at which the board or committee votes on the amendment or increase. The bill also provides that members of the public shall be provided the opportunity to provide public comment on the compensation, that the board or committee shall vote on the compensation in an open meeting, and that no executive compensation increase shall be approved in a year in which there is a tuition increase.

S.B. 220

Patron: Marsden

In-state tuition; domicile; individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Declares that, absent congressional intent to the contrary, any individual currently granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has the capacity to intend to remain in the Commonwealth indefinitely and is therefore eligible to establish domicile and receive in-state tuition charges at any public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.

S.B. 313

Patron: Stanley

New College Institute; board of directors, nonlegislative citizen members; representatives of business and industry from the Commonwealth. Increases from seven to 10 the nonlegislative citizen members of the board of directors of New College Institute for a total of 15 members. The bill requires three of the 10 nonlegislative citizen members to be representatives of business of industry from the Commonwealth. At least 13 members shall be residents of the Commonwealth.

S.B. 462

Patron: Reeves

Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty member or veteran who claimed Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least 10 years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile.

S.B. 895

Patron: DeSteph

Public institutions of higher education; six-year plans; pricing structure and tuition discounting strategies. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to include in each six-year plan for the institution a detailed explanation of the institution's pricing structure and tuition discounting strategies, including pricing by student income level and the use of tuition revenue for financial aid.

S.B. 897

Patron: DeSteph

Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; educational programs. Requires all members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education to participate in educational programs designed to address the role, duties, and responsibilities of the governing boards at least once within the first two years of membership and at least once within every two years of membership thereafter. Under current law, new members are required to participate in such programs at least once during their first two years of membership. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to maintain on its website the names of all voting members of the governing board who successfully complete such educational programs, as certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

S.B. 898

Patron: DeSteph

Public institutions of higher education; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; business advisory committee. Establishes a business advisory committee, consisting of business and industry leaders in the Commonwealth, to advise the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia regarding the approval of new academic programs at public institutions of higher education in relation to current workforce and industry needs in the Commonwealth and other relevant topics deemed fit by the committee. Appointments shall be based on recommendations made by the Council, the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance in a manner to ensure broad representation from among various industries. Ad hoc members may be added as needed to advise the committee on specific industry needs.

S.B. 935

Patrons: Boysko, Hashmi

Public institutions of higher education; exemption from out-of-state tuition rates. Permits an individual to be exempt from paying out-of-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth if he meets the following criteria: (i) attended high school for at least one year in the Commonwealth and either (a) graduated from a public or private high school or program of home instruction in the Commonwealth or (b) passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Secretary of Education and (ii) registers as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that this exemption shall be available to students who meet the criteria regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, except that students with currently valid visas issued under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(F), 1101(a)(15)(H)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(J) (including only students or trainees), or 1101(a)(15)(M) are not eligible. Information obtained in implementing the provisions of the bill is confidential and shall be used or disclosed only for purposes of administering the program.

S.B. 1068

Patron: Kiggans

Higher education; in-state tuition. Provides that if the Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, from January 1 through December 31 of the year immediately preceding the affected academic year, is less than or equal to zero, no governing board of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education shall increase the in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students for such academic year. The bill provides that if the CPI-U is greater than zero, (i) the governing board of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which the in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students does not meet or exceed the average undergraduate tuition rate across all baccalaureate public institutions of higher education may increase the in-state tuition rate in an amount not to exceed the product of the CPI-U and the average undergraduate tuition rate across all baccalaureate public institutions of higher education and (ii) the governing board of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which the in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students meets or exceeds the average undergraduate tuition rate across all baccalaureate public institutions of higher education may increase the in-state tuition rate at a percentage not to exceed the CPI-U. The bill also provides that the foregoing provisions shall apply to the Virginia Community College System if the tuition charged to any Virginia student at a comprehensive community college meets or exceeds the lowest in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students at a baccalaureate public institution of higher education.

S.J.R. 25

Patron: Stanley

Study; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; teaching hospital; report. Requesting Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to study the requirements for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to be designated as a teaching hospital in the Code of Virginia.