Cooperative degree program; Secretary of Education, et al., shall develop a plan to establish. (HB2320)
Introduced By
Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst) with support from co-patrons Del. Jeff Campbell (R-Marion), and Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Cooperative degree; establishment of Western Governors University-Virginia. Requires the Secretary of Education, in consultation with each two-year and four-year public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and the Virginia Community College System, to make reasonable efforts to establish and advertise a cooperative degree program whereby any undergraduate student enrolled at any such public institution of higher education may complete, through the use of online, community college, or public college or university courses, the course credit requirements to receive a degree at a tuition cost not to exceed $16,000 per academic year. The bill requires the Secretary, in the event that the establishment of such program does not succeed, to consult with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Chairman of the House Committee on Education, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, to establish Western Governors University-Virginia (the University) as the state affiliate of Western Governors University in the Commonwealth for the purpose of increasing the capacity for students in the Commonwealth to earn degrees from an online institution of higher education. The bill declares the University to be a private, nonprofit, online institution of higher education that shall not receive state funds except that students enrolled in the University shall be eligible to receive any state scholarship, grant, or loan established by law. The University shall be governed by the board of trustees of Western Governors University. The bill requires the founding individuals and entities to appoint members to a board to act in an advisory capacity to the board of trustees and make recommendations to the board of trustees for (i) the appointment of a president of the University and (ii) the adoption of articulation agreements between the University and each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/22/2015 | Presented and ordered printed 15102534D |
01/22/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/26/2015 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
01/29/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) |
02/02/2015 | Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104574D-H1 |
02/03/2015 | Read first time |
02/03/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2320H1) |
02/04/2015 | Read second time |
02/04/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104574D-H1 |
02/04/2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2320H1 |
02/05/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/05/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/06/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/13/2015 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
02/19/2015 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15105249D-S1 |
02/19/2015 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/20/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2320S1) |
02/23/2015 | Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/24/2015 | Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2015 | Read third time |
02/25/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/25/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15105249D-S1 |
02/25/2015 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/25/2015 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/25/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2320S1 |
02/25/2015 | Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
02/26/2015 | Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 15105249D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) |
02/26/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2320ER) |
03/06/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2320ER) |
03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
03/10/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
03/10/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
03/26/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/15) |
03/26/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664) |