Bill Text: WV SB524 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring higher education institutions award transfer credit
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - To Education [SB524 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2015-SB524-Introduced.html
Senate Bill No. 524
(By Senators Prezioso, Sypolt and Blair)
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[Introduced February 19, 2015; referred to the Committee on Education.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-14-2, relating to transfer of course credit among higher education institutions; and requiring all state higher education institutions award credit to transfer students for similar courses completed at different institution.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-14-2, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS.
§18B-14-2. Transfer of credit for courses completed.
(a) This section may be known and shall be cited as the "Higher Education Opportunity Improvement Act".
(b) The Legislature finds that:
(1) The state has an increasing need for individuals with a post-secondary credential or degree;
(2) A growing number of hard-working individuals find community and technical colleges to be a more affordable option to start their college career; and
(3) The state can help students become successful by implementing a seamless education system and uniform transfer of credits with special attention to transfers between community and technical colleges and four-year institutions.
(c) Effective immediately, a public or private institution of higher education in this state shall award credit to a student transferring to the institution for a course successfully completed at a different institution of higher education, if the curriculum of that course includes seventy percent of the curriculum of a similar course at the receiving institution.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that all higher education institutions in the state award credit to transfer students for similar courses completed at a different institution.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.