Virginia Senate Bill 429 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-04 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant. Provides that the amount of the Two-Year College Transfer Grant an eligible student receives shall be based on the difference between the costs of tuition and mandatory educational and general fees paid by the recipient at a Virginia two-year institution of higher education and either (i) for a student who transfers to a public four-year institution of higher education, the cost of such tuition and fees at the public institution of higher education to which he has transferred or (ii) for a student who transfers to a private four-year institution of higher education, the average cost of such tuition and fees at a Virginia four-year public institution of higher education. Current law provides for a fixed annual grant of $1,000 with an additional $1,000 per year for students pursuing certain undergraduate degrees. The bill broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently, the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop statistics on students receiving the transfer grants and examine whether there is a correlation between receiving the grant and graduation rates. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a 2014 general appropriation act.

Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; amount of grant.

Sen. Charles Colgan [D]

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

2014-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-04	House	Left in Appropriations
2014-03-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-02-19	House	Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
2014-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2014-02-12	House	Read first time
2014-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-07	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-06	Senate	Printed as engrossed 14104775D-ES1
2014-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB429ES1
2014-02-06	Senate	Amendments by Senator Hanger agreed to
2014-02-06	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2014-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14104775D-S1
2014-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14104775D-S1
2014-02-04	Senate	Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2014-01-23	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2014-01-23	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
2014-01-14	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2014-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2014-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103424D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB429
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB429+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB429S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB429ES1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S04V0054+SB0429
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S05V0117+SB0429
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0285SB0429+SB0429
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0329SB0429+SB0429