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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Higher Education

Locke (Chair), Petersen, Cosgrove, Hashmi

Date of Meeting: January 24, 2022
Time and Place: 30 mins. after adj. / Subcommittee #2 -5th Floor Pocahontas
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S.B. 72

Patron: Edwards

Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution of the Commonwealth. Under the bill, the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.

Impact Statements

S.B. 159

Patron: Hashmi

Public institutions of higher education; debt collection; transcripts and diplomas. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from (i) refusing to provide a transcript or diploma for a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt; (ii) conditioning the provision of a transcript or diploma for a current or former student on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript or diploma; (iii) charging a higher fee to a current or former student for obtaining a transcript or diploma, or providing less favorable treatment of a transcript or diploma request because a current or former student owes a debt; or (iv) using transcript or diploma issuance as a tool for debt collection. The bill states that any violation of these provisions constitutes a prohibited practice and is subject to any and all of the enforcement provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

S.B. 223

Patron: McPike


Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete or a student-athlete with compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning such compensation, except in certain circumstances enumerated in the bill; (iii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by a licensed athlete agent or legal representation by a licensed attorney in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness; (iv) declaring a student-athlete ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition because he earns such compensation or obtains such representation; or (v) reducing, canceling, revoking, or not renewing an athletic scholarship because a student-athlete earns such compensation or obtains such representation. The bill establishes several other conditions and limitations relating to pre-agreement disclosures, the use of the institution's property, and the effect on employment status in connection with a student-athlete's use of his name, image, or likeness. The bill also amends the definition of "athlete agent" in relevant law to permit such agents to represent a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities.

Impact Statements

S.B. 395

Patron: Edwards

Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. Adds the president of Virginia State University or his designee to the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority and removes the presidents of Averett University and Mary Baldwin College or their designees from the board of trustees.

Impact Statements

S.B. 466

Patron: Surovell

Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Equity Foundation and Fund. Directs the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to invest the surplus from the fund for prepaid tuition contracts, if any, in the Virginia College Equity Fund (the Fund), established by the bill. The bill provides that financial management of the Fund is the responsibility of the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan but authorizes the board of the Virginia College Equity Foundation, also established by the bill, to manage a scholarship program funded by the Fund. The bill establishes an individual and corporate income tax subtraction for donations to the Fund.

Under the bill, the program provides scholarships to students at Virginia's nonlegacy public universities. Scholarships are available only to students who attend a nonlegacy university, likely would have been denied admission to a public institution of higher education prior to 1900 based on admission criteria in effect at the time, meet the income requirements for a Pell Grant, and commit to working in Virginia for at least eight years after graduation.

S.J.R. 53

Patron: Locke

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; statewide strategic plan; report. Endorses the framework of mission, vision, goals, and strategies for the statewide strategic plan for higher education developed and approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) as the Commonwealth's vision and plan for higher education and requires SCHEV to report annually for six years on the Commonwealth's progress toward achieving the plan's goals to the Governor, the General Assembly, institutions of higher education, and the public.