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2021 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Higher Education

Locke (Chair), Petersen, Cosgrove, Hashmi

Clerk: Michael Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2021
Time and Place: 30 mins. after adj./Senate Chamber/Register to speak @ GA Website

S.B. 1359

Patron: DeSteph

Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; fees; collegiate athletics. Provides that any fees levied for the purpose of collegiate athletics shall be made optional for students. Each board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education or its designee shall actively disclose to student and parent consumers a process to opt out of paying athletic fees, including by electronic or written notice within the billing process and online payment accounts.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-1301 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; governing boards; fees; collegiate athletics.

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S.B. 1387

Patron: Boysko

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; eligibility for in-state tuition. Provides that students who meet the criteria in the Code of Virginia that determines eligibility for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status shall also be deemed to be domiciled in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all such students shall be afforded the same educational benefits, including access to state financial assistance programs, as any other individual who is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill has a delayed effective date of August 1, 2022, and directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-506 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-505.1, relating to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; eligibility for in-state tuition.

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S.B. 1405

Patron: Saslaw

Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program established. Establishes the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and requires the Virginia Community College System to establish the G3 Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance from the Fund to certain low-income and middle-income Virginia students who are enrolled in an educational program at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education that leads to an occupation in a certain high-demand field. The bill contains provisions for student eligibility, financial assistance award amounts, and data reporting.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-2911.2, relating to the establishment of the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program.

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