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2020 SESSION
HB 419 Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; established.
Introduced by: Joshua G. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program established. Establishes the Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of annually providing to each Historically Black College or University in the Commonwealth (Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Union University) such sums as are necessary for each such institution to annually provide scholarships on a competitive basis to no more than two students who (i) identify as African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Native American or Native Alaskan, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; (ii) are accepted to or enrolled in such institution's education preparation program; and (iii) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant to attend such institution. The bill provides that each such scholarship would consist of the following sums: (a) the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and textbooks at such institution; (b) the recipient's teacher licensure fees; (c) $5,000 toward teacher professional development activities for the recipient, including coursework, seminars, and conferences; and (d) $10,000 toward mentorship of the recipient by an experienced teacher who is deemed by the relevant school board to be highly effective and able to provide high quality mentorship. The bill requires each student who is awarded a scholarship pursuant to the Program to agree in writing to (1) teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least half of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon graduation for a period that is at least as long as the period during which the recipient used scholarship funds to attend a Historically Black College or University and (2) be mentored by an experienced teacher, as described in clause (d), during such period of employment.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104163D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107008D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104163D
- 01/03/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/15/20 House: Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107008D-H1
- 02/05/20 House: Incorporates HB804 (Askew)
- 02/05/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 02/07/20 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/11/20 House: Left in Appropriations