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SB 1130 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead Program; SCHEV to convene workgroup to develop plan for expanding.

Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Institutions of higher education; Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead Program. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to convene a work group, consisting of the Director of the Council or his designee, the Director of the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Director of Transfer of the Virginia Community College System, the Chancellor of the System, the Deputy Secretary of Higher Education, the Deputy Secretary of Labor, the Chair of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, three presidents of community colleges in the Commonwealth or their designees, three presidents of baccalaureate public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth or their designees, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education, and the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, for the purpose of making recommendations on and developing a plan for expanding the Get Skills, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3) Program. The bill requires the work group to submit a report on its recommendations and plan for the expansion of the G3 Program to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1, 2024.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Institutions of higher education; Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead Program. Authorizes the Virginia Community College System, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, each participating comprehensive community college and baccalaureate public institution of higher education, and the Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE), to select the degree and certificate programs eligible for financial assistance under the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3) Program. Current law requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, in consultation with the System, the Council, and the staffs of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to make recommendations on any high demand fields that should be made eligible for financial assistance under the G3 Program to the Governor and General Assembly. The bill also expands degree and certificate programs eligible for financial assistance under the G3 Program to include any associate degree program transferable for course credit at a baccalaureate institution of higher education. The bill requires the System, the Council, the president of each participating baccalaureate public institution of higher education, and the VOEE to submit an annual report to the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year identifying any additions or changes to the degree and certificate programs deemed eligible for financial assistance under the G3 Program.