Virginia House Bill 1439 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 20 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Comprehensive community colleges; conditionally forgivable Comprehensive community colleges; conditionally forgivable loans for tuition and other fees and expenses. Requires each comprehensive community college to establish a process whereby admitted students may apply for a conditionally forgivable loan in an amount sufficient to cover the full cost of tuition, mandatory fees, and required textbooks or other course materials to earn a certain degree or credential at such college. The bill provides that the student is eligible for such loan if the student (i) demonstrates that the student is a single parent of a dependent child or dependent children and has a total household income that is not more than 250 percent of the current annual federal poverty guidelines; (ii) signs an agreement to (a) pursue a field of study that leads to a high-demand occupation identified by the Virginia Office of Education Economics on its high-demand occupations list, (b) earn within 30 months of initial enrollment at the comprehensive community college a degree or credential that leads to such a high-demand occupation, and (c) maintain employment in the Commonwealth in such a high-demand occupation for at least five years during the seven-year period that begins on the date on which the student earns such a degree or credential; and (iii) signs a promissory note to repay the full amount of the loan in a lump sum, without interest, 84 months from the date on which the student fails to meet any condition of the agreement signed pursuant to clause (ii). The bill requires each comprehensive community college to forgive the full amount of any such loan on the date on which the recipient demonstrates full satisfaction of the conditions of the signed agreement, as determined by the Office of the Attorney General. The bill permits any comprehensive community college that forgives such a loan to request reimbursement for the forgiven amount from the General Assembly and requires the General Assembly to establish a process and procedure for receiving and acting upon such reimbursement requests.

Comprehensive community colleges; conditionally forgivable loans for tuition and other fees.

Del. Timothy Anderson [R]

2023-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Education
2023-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N)
2023-01-12	House	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2022-12-20	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-12-20	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102169D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	610.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1439
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1439+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1439F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0902V0001+HB1439