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2022 SESSION
HB 128 Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; created and established.
Introduced by: Glenn R. Davis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
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 (defined in the bill as Norfolk State University and Virginia State University) such sums as are necessary for each such institution to annually provide renewable last-dollar scholarships on a competitive basis to two students who (i) attended a a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least 75 percent 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; (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 a master teacher, defined as an experienced public elementary or secondary school 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 75 percent 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 a master teacher during such period of employment.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101874D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105480D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/07/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101874D
- 01/07/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/22 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/24/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/22 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/22 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/22 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 01/31/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/22 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105480D-H1
- 02/02/22 House: Read first time
- 02/03/22 House: Read second time
- 02/03/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105480D-H1
- 02/03/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB128H1
- 02/04/22 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/22 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/07/22 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/22 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/08/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/08/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/08/22 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
- 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/10/22 House: House acceded to request
- 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Davis, Coyner, Hayes
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: Locke, Hashmi, Lucas
- 03/12/22 House: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455