Virginia House Bill 419 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program established. Establishes the Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of annually providing to each Historically Black College or University in the Commonwealth (Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Union University) such sums as are necessary for each such institution to annually provide scholarships on a competitive basis to no more than two students who (i) identify as African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Native American or Native Alaskan, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; (ii) are accepted to or enrolled in such institution's education preparation program; and (iii) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant to attend such institution. The bill provides that each such scholarship would consist of the following sums: (a) the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and textbooks at such institution; (b) the recipient's teacher licensure fees; (c) $5,000 toward teacher professional development activities for the recipient, including coursework, seminars, and conferences; and (d) $10,000 toward mentorship of the recipient by an experienced teacher who is deemed by the relevant school board to be highly effective and able to provide high quality mentorship. The bill requires each student who is awarded a scholarship pursuant to the Program to agree in writing to (1) teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least half of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon graduation for a period that is at least as long as the period during which the recipient used scholarship funds to attend a Historically Black College or University and (2) be mentored by an experienced

Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; established.

Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]
Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Nancy Guy [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Martha Mugler [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]
Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2020-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 2-N) (Y: 19 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Appropriations
2020-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-05	House	Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
2020-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-05	House	Incorporates HB804 (Askew)
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute printed 20107008D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
2020-01-03	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104163D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	616.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB419
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB419+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB419H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0902V0038+HB0419
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0119+HB0419
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0206V0009+HB0419