Virginia State Council Of Higher Education, VA
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Current Year General Assembly Session
| Bill Number | Patron | Bill Title |
| HB22 | Helmer | VMI; removes certain authority, disciplinary immunity for certain individuals who make reports. |
| HB54 | Sullivan | Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. |
| HB61 | Ward | Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established. |
| HB67 | Feggans | Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. |
| HB131 | Simon | Public institutions of higher education; reasonable accommodations for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students |
| HB132 | Simon | Board of Education; requirements for graduation with an advanced studies diploma; simultaneous completion of International Baccalaureate diploma and advanced studies diploma; approval of alternatives for certain credit requirements; regulations |
| HB206 | Keys-Gamarra | College partnership laboratory schools; transparency. |
| HB271 | Krizek | Virginia Gaming Commission established; penalties |
| HB332 | Rasoul | Teacher licensure; three-year license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools |
| HB363 | Dougherty | Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Act; Regional Innovation Fund; Commonwealth Commercialization Fund; matching funds. |
| HB383 | Bennett-Parker | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; exemption of certain courses and programs of instruction from certification requirement. |
| HB404 | Reid | Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; parameters. |
| HB413 | Guzman | Board of Education; Board of Nursing; High School Certified Nurse Aid Training and Certification Program established; requirements; report. |
| HB414 | Guzman | Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program |
| HB417 | Guzman | Public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; in-state tuition eligibility; children of certain active duty members and veterans. |
| HB423 | Rasoul | Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. |
| HB427 | LeVere Bolling | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; uniform, comprehensive data information system; information on self-identified students who are parents. |
| HB430 | LeVere Bolling | Institutions of higher education; educational authorities, centers, committees, funds, institutions, and partnerships; New College Institute; board of directors; membership and composition. |
| HB468 | Cohen | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; model transition IEP; report. |
| HB502 | McAuliff | Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; fixed in-state tuition rates. |
| HB595 | Simonds | Board of Education; requirements for graduation with an advanced studies diploma; simultaneous completion of International Baccalaureate diploma and advanced studies diploma; approval of alternatives for certain credit requirements; regulations. |
| HB626 | Callsen | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. |
| HB644 | Kent | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemption for records of minors participating in certain programs run by state bodies. |
| HB693 | McAuliff | Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; workforce development programs; apprenticeship program |
| HB707 | Hayes | State government; transaction of public business; prohibited website domains. |
| HB780 | Callsen | Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; appointment and composition of members; powers and duties; legal counsel. |
| HB791 | Austin | Charitable gaming; conduct of athletic event drawings. |
| HB814 | Reaser | Virginia African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board established; report. |
| HB815 | Downey | Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships |
| HB877 | Rasoul | Public high school students; opportunity to earn transferable meta-major associate degree during high school to reduce college debt. |
| HB882 | Sullivan | Innovative Internship Fund and Program; local government employers and matching funds. |
| HB932 | Simon | Revision of Title 30. |
| HB939 | Franklin | Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; Richard Bland College; boards of visitors; membership; student representative. |
| HB955 | Guzman | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data. |
| HB971 | Price | College student-athletes; biometric data; protections and limitations |
| HB996 | Seibold | Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Department of Education; Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition Program. |
| HB1039 | Carr | Department of Education; College and Career Ready Virginia Program; administration; advisory committee and work group composition. |
| HB1040 | Carr | Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; board of directors; chief executive officer. |
| HB1041 | Carr | Department of Corrections; functional literacy program for inmates; data sharing and tracking; salary schedules for teachers; Virginia Prison Education Task Force established; report. |
| HB1071 | Laufer | Public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; training on emergency substantial risk orders and substantial risk orders. |
| HB1095 | Singh | High school students; completion of certain applications for student financial aid required; opt-out; exemption. |
| HB1161 | Tran | Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; dissemination of personal information to federal government; civil penalties. |
| HB1188 | Thomas | Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report. |
| HB1221 | Sewell | Public institutions of higher education; financial aid review and consolidation; Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program and Fund; Virginia Commonwealth Award established; work group; report. |
| HB1226 | Sewell | Department of Motor Vehicles data; certain institutions of higher education; fees. |
| HB1260 | Shin | Public elementary and secondary schools and public institutions of higher education; certain federal immigration investigation and enforcement activities; certain notifications and prohibitions. |
| HB1311 | Hernandez | Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited; certain exception for certain employees of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind |
| HB1374 | Feggans | Virginia Military Institute; governance. |
| HB1377 | Helmer | Establishing the Virginia Military Institute Advisory Task Force. |
| HB1378 | Wiley | State Board for Community Colleges; powers; Laurel Ridge Community College; acquisition and improvement of certain property; authorization. |
| HB1383 | Oates | Teacher licensure; technical professional license; curriculum and instruction coursework; comprehensive community colleges. |
| HB1385 | Franklin | Gubernatorial appointments; confirmation process; Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; legal counsel for public institutions of higher education. |
| HJ32 | Laufer | Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; artificial intelligence use policies in place at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; report. |
| SB22 | Locke | Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training. |
| SB25 | Carroll Foy | Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset. |
| SB56 | Roem | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for responding to requests; charges; posting of notice of rights and responsibilities. |
| SB63 | Salim | Graduation with an advanced studies diploma; requirements, complet. of Int'l Baccalaureate diploma. |
| SB91 | Lucas | Public institutions of higher education; Old Dominion University; Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center renamed as Virginia Health Sciences. |
| SB97 | Roem | Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; establishment of student meal plan credit donation program. |
| SB167 | Van Valkenburg | Public institutions of higher education; financial aid review and consolidation; Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program and Fund; Virginia Commonwealth Award established. |
| SB196 | Williams Graves | Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. |
| SB203 | Suetterlein | Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment; three-year licenses; established. |
| SB242 | Head | Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; reduces membership. |
| HB272 | Deeds | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. |
| SB274 | Locke | Educational and cultural institutions; Recognition and restoration of status of Hampton University as a land-grant university; Hampton University Land-Grant Restoration Fund established; requirements. |
| SB299 | Srinivasan | Institutions of higher education; educational authorities, centers, committees, funds, institutions, and partnerships; New College Institute; board of directors; membership and composition. |
| SB375 | Surovell | Commonwealth Savers Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund established; report. |
| SB405 | Lucas | Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. |
| SB408 | Stuart | Solicitation of contributions; enforcement; private right of action. |
| SB439 | Bagby | Department of Education; College and Career Ready Virginia Program; administration; advisory committee and work group composition. |
| SB445 | Bagby | Department of Motor Vehicles data; certain institutions of higher education; fees. |
| SB447 | Bagby | Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report |
| SB494 | Deeds | Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; membership appointment, terms, and composition; duties relating to shared governance; requirements; work group. |
| SB592 | Bagby | Board of Education; career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review; report. |
| SB606 | Lucas | General funds, bonds, and capital outlay. |
| SB625 | Deeds | Medical Education Loan-for-Service Fund and Program established, report. |
| SB699 | Ebbin | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public bodies to post meeting agendas. |
| SB757 | Srinivasan | Virginia African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board established; report. |
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