SB749: Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; created.

Chief Patron

Walter Stosch (R-12)
Suite 110 Glen Allen, VA
Served: 1992–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

04/04/2007: enacted

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12/05/2006 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072412824
12/05/2006 Referred to Committee on Finance
01/12/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB749)
02/05/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/05/2007 VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2007 Read second time
02/06/2007 Reading of amendment waived
02/06/2007 Committee amendment agreed to
02/06/2007 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB749E
02/06/2007 Printed as engrossed 072412824-E
02/06/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/06/2007 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/06/2007 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2007 Communicated to House
02/07/2007 Placed on Calendar
02/07/2007 Read first time
02/07/2007 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/09/2007 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education (Morgan)
02/15/2007 Committee substitute printed 072386824-H1
02/16/2007 Read second time
02/19/2007 Passed by for the day
02/20/2007 Passed by for the day
02/21/2007 Read third time
02/21/2007 Committee substitute agreed to 072386824-H1
02/21/2007 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB749H1
02/21/2007 Passed House with substitute (95-Y 2-N)
02/21/2007 VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2007 Passed by temporarily
02/22/2007 House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
02/22/2007 VOTE: (2-Y 38-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2007 House insisted on substitute
02/22/2007 House requested conference committee
02/22/2007 Senate acceded to request (30-Y 0-N)
02/22/2007 VOTE: (30-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2007 Conferees appointed by Senate
02/22/2007 Senators: Stosch, Wampler, Houck
02/22/2007 Conferees appointed by House
02/22/2007 Delegates: Callahan, Reid, Abbitt
02/23/2007 Delegates: Wardrup, Reid, Abbitt (Delegate Wardrup replaces Callahan)
02/23/2007 Conferees reappointed by House
02/23/2007 Delegates: Wardrup, Reid, Abbitt
02/24/2007 Conference substitute printed 072395824-S1
02/24/2007 Reading of conference report waived
02/24/2007 Conference report agreed to by Senate (33-Y 1-N)
02/24/2007 VOTE: (33-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2007 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
02/24/2007 Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
02/24/2007 VOTE: (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2007 Conference report agreed to by House (84-Y 0-N)
02/24/2007 VOTE: ADOPTION (84-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/12/2007 Enrolled
03/12/2007 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB749ER)
03/12/2007 Signed by President
03/13/2007 Signed by Speaker
03/20/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB749ER)
03/26/2007 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/03/2007 Placed on Calendar
04/04/2007 Enacted, Chapter (effective 7/1/07)
04/04/2007 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 1-N)
04/04/2007 G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/04/2007 VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
04/04/2007 Reenrolled
04/04/2007 Reenrolled bill text (SB749ER2)
04/04/2007 Signed by President as reenrolled
04/04/2007 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/04/2007 Enacted, Chapter 899 (effective 7/1/07)
04/11/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0899)

Summary

Community College Transfer Grant Program. Establishes the Community College Transfer Grant Program for the purpose of providing higher education grants to domiciles of Virginia who have successfully completed an acceptable associate degree program at a Virginia community college and have been admitted to an accredited nonprofit public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) must promulgate necessary and appropriate regulations for its administration.

To be eligible to receive a grant, the student must: (i) have maintained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 or its equivalent while enrolled in an associate degree program at a Virginia community college, (ii) have applied for financial aid, and (iii) have financial need, defined by having a family income of equal to or less than 150% of Virginia median family income, or 150% of the median family income of their home locality, whichever is greater.

The amount of the award will be based on either the difference between the cost of tuition paid by the recipient at a Virginia community college and the cost of such tuition at the public four-year institution of higher education in which the student has been enrolled, or in the case of transfer to a private four-year college or university, the difference between the cost of tuition paid by the recipient at a Virginia community college and the average cost of such tuition at a Virginia public four-year institution of higher education. View Full Text »