Bill Title: Accelerated degree programs. Provides for a higher education award for students who participate in an accelerated degree program. Specifies that a student receiving the award may not receive a Frank O'Bannon award. Appropriates to the commission for higher education: (1) $1,000,000 in the 2015-2017 biennium for start-up grants to state educational institutions to establish accelerated degree programs; and (2) $1,500,000 in state fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 for awards to students participating in accelerated programs. .

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Senator Stoops added as cosponsor [HB1231 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Senate Committee on Education & Career Development - Committee Vote	2015-03-18	8	0	0	0	8	Passed	Link	View
House	House - Third reading	2015-02-23	96	0	1	3	100	Passed	Link	View
House	House Committee on Ways and Means - Committee Vote	2015-02-12	21	0	0	3	24	Passed	Link	View
House	House Committee on Education - Committee Vote	2015-02-03	11	0	0	2	13	Passed	Link	View

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