Comprehensive community colleges; noncredit workforce credentials. (SB575)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville) with support from co-patron Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem)
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
Comprehensive community colleges; noncredit workforce credentials; Virginia Pathway to the Middle Class: Noncredit Workforce Credentials Act. Establishes the Virginia Pathway to the Middle Class: Noncredit Workforce Credentials Program (Program), to be administered by the Virginia Community College System (System). The bill requires the System to approve (i) a plan and funding formula to support capacity building for and development and expansion of noncredit workforce credential programs at comprehensive community colleges that prepare students for in-demand noncredit workforce credentials that are aligned with the knowledge and skill sets that are required for the available occupations in each region, (ii) a plan for providing financial incentives to comprehensive community colleges that demonstrate exceptional performance or improvement in the development and expansion of such noncredit workforce credential programs, and (iii) a plan and timeline for assessing the impact of a pilot set of noncredit workforce credentials on short-term and long-term job attainment and wages. The bill requires the System to submit a report to the General Assembly and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development no later than January 1 of each year with certain data from the previous fiscal year on noncredit workforce credential attainment by students at comprehensive community colleges. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102555D |
01/13/2016 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/21/2016 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
01/26/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (SB575) |
02/11/2016 | Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |