Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; students eligible for grants. (HB573)
Introduced By
Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program (Program), including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive an award from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before all other grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need,(ii) each eligible student receive an award in an amount greater than other grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive a Program award in an amount greater than the award of each eligible student with equivalent remaining need in the next-lowest class level, and (iv) each Program award be determined by a proportionate award schedule adopted by each institution and vary according to each student's remaining need and the total of tuition, fees, and other necessary charges, including books. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/07/2014 | Committee |
| 01/07/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101734D |
| 01/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/10/2014 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
| 01/21/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB573) |
| 01/23/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB573) |
| 01/27/2014 | Referred from Education |
| 01/27/2014 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/28/2014 | Assigned App. sub: Higher Education |
| 02/03/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) |
| 02/05/2014 | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104726D-H1 |
| 02/07/2014 | Read first time |
| 02/10/2014 | Read second time |
| 02/10/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104726D-H1 |
| 02/10/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB573H1 |
| 02/11/2014 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/11/2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/12/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/14/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB573H1) |
| 02/18/2014 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
| 02/27/2014 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/27/2014 | Rereferred to Finance |
| 03/04/2014 | Left in Finance |