Dual enrollment courses; quality standards, universal transfer course credit. (SB77)

Introduced By

Sen. Glen Sturtevant (R-Midlothian) with support from co-patron Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Midlothian)

Progress

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

Description

Dual enrollment courses; quality standards; universal transfer course credit. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), in consultation with the Department of Education and each public institution of higher education, to establish (i) quality standards for dual enrollment courses, including quality standards for course instructors, materials, and content; (ii) a process by which dual enrollment courses that meet or exceed such quality standards are certified as universal transfer courses that satisfy course credit or other academic requirements at any public institution of higher education; and (iii) a policy for the satisfaction of course credit or other academic requirements through the successful completion of universal transfer courses by entering students that (a) identifies the course credit or other academic requirements of each public institution of higher education that the student satisfies by successfully completing a universal transfer course and (b) ensures, to the extent possible, that the satisfaction of course credit or other academic requirements is consistent across each public institution of higher education and each such universal transfer course. The provisions of the bill replace existing provisions that require the Council and each public institution of higher education to establish policies relating to course credit for dual enrollment courses but that do not provide for quality standards or the universal transfer designation for such courses. This bill was incorporated into SB 631. Read the Bill »

Status

02/08/2018: Incorporated into Another Bill

History

DateAction
12/04/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101426D
12/04/2017Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/24/2018Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
02/01/2018Impact statement from DPB (SB77)
02/08/2018Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2018Committee substitute printed 18106994D-S1
02/08/2018Incorporates SB107 (Sutterlein)
02/08/2018Incorporated by Finance (SB631-Dunnavant) (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2018Rereferred to Finance

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB3 and SB107.