VA HB1724 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund. Establishes the Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund and permits the Department of Education to award grants from such fund to local school boards to establish Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs whereby the local school board provides scholarships not to exceed $7,500 per academic year for attendance at a baccalaureate institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) graduated from a public high school in the local school division, (ii) was eligible for free or reduced price lunch throughout the individual's attendance at a public high school in the local school division, and (iii) commits to teach, within three years of graduating from the baccalaureate institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and for a period of at least four years, at a public high school at which at least 50 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch in the school division in which such individual graduated from high school. The bill provides that in the event that any program scholarship recipient fails or refuses to comply with such teaching obligation, the sum of all scholarship funds received by such individual shall be converted to a loan that is subject to repayment with interest. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.

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Title

Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund; created.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendments (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-05HouseLeft in Appropriations
2019-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21HouseAssigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2019-01-21HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-21HouseReported from Education with amendments (19-Y 3-N)
2019-01-16HouseSubcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-16HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
2019-01-11HouseAssigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-12-18HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2018-12-18HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101126D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221318.3(n/a)See Bill Text
221318.4(n/a)See Bill Text
221318.5(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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