Virginia Senate Bill 219

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying the requirements relating to academic performance and good standing, and (iv) providing that any grant awarded shall be in an amount equivalent to the difference between the full cost of tuition and fees at the institution of higher education less any other educational benefits for which an individual is eligible as a member of the National Guard.

Va. Nat'l Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; provisions relating to eligibility for grants.

Sen. Glen Sturtevant [R]

2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
2024-01-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-25	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-19	Senate	Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
2024-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104580D

HB366 (Similar To) 2024-02-27 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	610	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB219
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB219+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105847A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB219AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB219F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0061+SB0219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0055+SB0219