Virginia Senate Bill 898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-30 - Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; business advisory committee. Establishes a business advisory committee, consisting of business and industry leaders in the Commonwealth, to advise the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia regarding the approval of new academic programs at public institutions of higher education in relation to current workforce and industry needs in the Commonwealth and other relevant topics deemed fit by the committee. Appointments shall be based on recommendations made by the Council, the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance in a manner to ensure broad representation from among various industries. Ad hoc members may be added as needed to advise the committee on specific industry needs.

Business advisory committee; established.

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-30	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103232D

SB898 (Carry Over) 2020-01-30 - Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	201.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB898
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB898+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0099+SB0898