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Educational Institutions

Passed

P HB11

Tuition and fees charged in-state undergraduate students. Repeals identical, obsolete Code sections that directed the governing body of each institution of higher education to reduce the tuition and mandatory educational and general fees in effect on June 30, 1999, for in-state undergraduate students by 20 percent for the year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000. Following such reduction, the Governor was to include, in each budget submitted to the General Assembly, sufficient funds to reimburse each public institution of higher education for the reduced tuition and mandatory fees. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Patron - Landes

P HB19

Eastern Virginia Medical School; emergency. Revises the legal name of the Medical College of Hampton Roads to be consistent with its commonly accepted popular name, i.e., "Eastern Virginia Medical School" and strengthens and modernizes the school's authorities and status. This bill clarifies that (i) the board of visitors take office on July 1 of the appointment year; (ii) the rector or any three members may call special meetings of the board and the board may appoint an executive committee of at least three members to transact business in the recess of the board; (iii) the school may operate and own medical and health care, education, research and associated programs and establish satellite offices and facilities for such programs within or without the Commonwealth or the United States; (iv) the board of visitors has authority to contract with domestic and foreign entities for its activities; and (v) the board of visitors has authority to obtain patents, copyrights, and trademarks for intellectual properties and to administer, manage, market, transfer, and convey any interest in such intellectual properties. The bill also provides exceptions, parallel to those exceptions provided for publicly supported institutions of higher education or the publicly supported medical schools, from the prohibited contracts provisions of the conflicts of interest law, and the records disclosure and closed meeting provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. The bill reinforces the fact that the Administrative Process Act and the Public Procurement Act do not apply to Eastern Virginia Medical School, which, although established in law, is not a state-owned institution of higher education. This bill also includes numerous technical amendments to change the institution's legal name in the enabling chapter and the Code and to update the language of the enabling chapter. This bill is identical to SB 35.
Patron - Tata

P HB79

Duties of the State Council of Higher Education. Requires the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) to prepare and submit its plans and recommendations for implementing a "coordinating system" of higher education to the Governor and the General Assembly at least once every four years; current law requires the submission of these plans biennially in each odd-numbered year, consistent with the timetable governing the submission of state agency budget estimates. SCHEV would still be required to submit the biennial budget estimate pursuant to § 2.2-1504.
Patron - Bryant

P HB95

Powers and duties; jurisdiction of campus police. Requires, for campus police to exercise jurisdiction in a concurrent area of a county, city or town, that the local governing body petition the circuit court pursuant to the request of the relevant local law enforcement agency.
Patron - Dudley

P HB99

Commonwealth of Virginia Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2002. Authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia General Obligation Bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $900,488,645 subject to approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the Commonwealth voting thereon at the November 5, 2002, general election. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for financing the costs of capital projects for the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education. The full faith and credit of the Commonwealth is pledged for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds and any bond anticipation notes or refunding bonds. The bill shall not become effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless and until voter approval is obtained. This bill is identical to SB 31.
Patron - Callahan

P HB100

Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2002. Authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Virginia Constitution in a principal amount not to exceed $149,505,400 for paying costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning of the Commonwealth. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that it is in force upon passage. This bill is identical to SB 32.
Patron - Callahan

P HB102

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Authorizes the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University to establish the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine - Northern Virginia Division.
Patron - Callahan

P HB200

University of Virginia Medical Center; credit for imputed interest. Allows the University of Virginia Medical Center to retain the imputed interest earned by the investment of its nongeneral fund operating cash balances, subject to conditions in the Budget Bill. This bill is identical to SB 124.
Patron - Callahan

P HB218

Senior Citizens Higher Education Act. Increases the income threshold for eligible senior citizens to enroll tuition free in classes conducted in state institutions of higher education. This bill increases the income threshold from $10,000 to $15,000.
Patron - O'Bannon

P HB364

Reporting of certain students issued student visas. Requires each public and private two- and four-year institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and the governing board, president, or director of any correspondence school, postsecondary school, or proprietary career school, or flight school in the Commonwealth to inform the Attorney General whenever a student who has been accepted for admission to such an educational institution pursuant to a student visa fails to enroll or who has been attending such an educational institution pursuant to a student visa and withdraws at such institution or violates the terms of his visa. The notification will contain all available information from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service form I-20 and will be submitted not later than 30 days after the discovery of the reportable event. The Attorney General must notify the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and other appropriate national, state, and local agencies of any such failure to enroll, withdrawal, or student visa violations. This bill will be effective until superceded by federal action and incorporates HB 384 and HB 632.
Patron - Cosgrove

P HB386

Old Dominion University; board of visitors. Provides that a majority of voting members will constitute a quorum for the board of visitors of Old Dominion University. Old Dominion University has a seventeen-member board; however, presently, the law only requires five members for a quorum.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB530

Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission; policies and standards for the commercialization of intellectual property from research universities. Directs the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission (VRTAC), in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), the Office of the Attorney General and the research universities of the Commonwealth, to develop a statewide policy and uniform standard for the commercialization of intellectual property developed through university research. The Commission is required to provide such policy and standards to the Governor and the General Assembly and recommend any changes to the Code of Virginia by December 1, 2002.
Patron - Devolites

P HB605

Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. Creates the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Southside Virginia to be founded by Averett University, Danville Community College, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The Institute will seek to diversify the Dan River region's economy by acting as a catalyst for economic and community transformation, providing a site for the development of technology and a trained workforce, and expanding access to higher education in Southside Virginia. The Institute will promote network-related educational initiatives and generally seek to stimulate the economic viability of the region through education. A nine-member board of trustees, consisting of institutional and citizen members, will govern the Institute that will have corporate powers and be authorized to enter into and administer agreements with institutions of higher education to deliver traditional and electronic education. The board may appoint an executive director, may seek additional staff support from its founding institutions, and may apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources. This bill is identical to SB 459.
Patron - Marshall, D.W.

P HB688

Investment of endowment funds; University of Virginia. Adds endowment income and gifts to those funds that may be invested by the University of Virginia (UVa) Board of Visitors and exempts investment and management of all these funds by the UVa Board of Visitors from the Virginia Public Procurement Act. This bill is identical to SB 21.
Patron - Tata

P HB691

Virginia Commonwealth University; branch campus in Qatar. Authorizes the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to establish, operate, and govern a VCU branch campus in the State of Qatar. The board is to provide appropriate professional opportunities for Virginia-based faculty to teach or conduct research on the Qatar campus and educational opportunities for Virginia-based students to study or conduct research on the Qatar campus. The measure is similar to legislation adopted in 1999, authorizing the University of Virginia to operate a branch campus in Qatar (§ 23-91.23:1; SB 1338/HB 2765).
Patron - Tata

P HB938

Longwood College. Changes the classification of Longwood College to Longwood University. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is not charged with responsibility for review and approval of a name change for a public institution of higher education; however, SCHEV is required, pursuant to § 23-9.6:1, to "study any proposed escalation of any public institution to a degree-granting level higher than that level to which it is presently restricted" and to review and approve any proposed modifications in institutional missions. Longwood's board of visitors unanimously approved changing the institutional status to "university" at its December 1, 2001, meeting. This bill is identical to SB 342.
Patron - Morgan

P HB1022

Responsibilities of Virginia Community College System. Requires community colleges to (i) offer noncredit courses at a time and place that meet the needs of employers and (ii) deal directly with employers in designing and offering courses to meet real, current and projected workforce training needs. The community colleges must report annually to the General Assembly on actions taken to meet these requirements. This bill is a recommendation of the Rural Virginia Prosperity Commission and is identical to SB 572.
Patron - Hurt

P HB1079

Health; nursing scholarships. Allows part-time nursing students to be eligible for scholarship and loan repayment programs. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
Patron - Brink

P HB1114

Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. Adds the president or his designee of Virginia Intermont College to the governing board of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.
Patron - Johnson

P HB1284

Capital projects; Virginia Public Building Authority and Virginia College Building Authority. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority and the Virginia College Building Authority to undertake numerous public capital projects throughout the Commonwealth for a principal amount not to exceed $166,374,000 and $164,946,996, respectively, and to issue bonds to finance the cost thereof. This bill is identical to SB 673.
Patron - Callahan

P HB1286

Commonwealth Health Research Board; powers of the Board. Provides that no more than six percent of the moving average of the market value of the Commonwealth Health Research Fund calculated over the previous five years, on a one-year delayed basis, net of any administrative fee assessed by the Board of the Virginia Retirement System, may be expended in a calendar year. Current law provides that the annual income of the Fund, excluding gains on the sale of investments, may be expended annually. The bill also authorizes the Board to hire such staff as is necessary and to fix the salaries and compensation of such staff, which shall be paid from the Commonwealth Health Research Fund. The executive secretary to the Board is no longer required to be the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Patron - Callahan

P HB1370

Authority to transfer certain property of the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Grants the Rector and the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia the authority to transfer to the University of Virginia Real Estate Foundation no more than 20 acres of property located in the Town of Wise that have been previously given to the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Such property transfer will (i) only be used for residential or commercial development focused primarily on student- and College-centered endeavors, and (ii) be subject to and conditioned upon the approval of a rezoning application by the Town of Wise that is suitable for the proposed development. This bill is identical to SB 270.
Patron - Kilgore

P SB31

Commonwealth of Virginia Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2002. Authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia General Obligation Bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Virginia Constitution in an amount not exceeding $900,488,645 subject to approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the Commonwealth voting thereon at the November 5, 2002, general election. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for financing the costs of capital projects for the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education. The full faith and credit of the Commonwealth is pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and any bond anticipation notes or refunding bonds. The bill shall not become effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless and until voter approval is obtained.
Patron - Chichester

P SB32

P SB35

P SB124

University of Virginia Medical Center; credit for imputed interest. Authorizes the State Comptroller, subject to conditions in the Budget Bill, to credit on a monthly basis, to the nongeneral fund operating cash balances of the University of Virginia Medical Center, the imputed interest earned by the investment of such nongeneral fund operating cash balances, including, but not limited to, those balances derived from patient care revenues on deposit with the State Treasurer. This bill is identical to HB 200.
Patron - Wampler

P SB237

Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia; powers of the Board. Authorizes the Board of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia to evaluate the significance or suitability of the furnishings, household items, and other objects acquired by purchase, gift or donations for the purpose of accurately presenting the tastes and lifestyles of the people living during the era the Museum depicts and within the limitations of the furnishings, household items, and other objects that would have been available to and within the means of such persons. The Board may dispose of property determined to be of little or no significance or suitability to its purpose or mission, so long as the disposition of the property is not inconsistent with the terms of the acquisition of the relevant property. The proceeds from such sales will be used solely for acquiring period furnishings, household goods, and other objects consistent with the purpose and mission of the Museum. In addition, the Board may exercise flexibility in investing its funds or revising its investments. However, the sale of real property will require the consent of the Governor.
Patron - Hanger

P SB270

P SB296

Commonwealth Health Research Board; powers of the Board. Provides that no more than six percent of the moving average of the market value of the Fund calculated over the previous five years, on a one-year delayed basis, net of any administrative fee assessed by the Board of the Virginia Retirement System, may be expended in a calendar year. Current law provides that the annual income of the Fund, excluding gains on the sale of investments, may be expended annually. The bill also authorizes the Board to hire such staff as is necessary and to fix the salaries and compensation of such staff, which shall be paid from the Commonwealth Health Research Fund. The executive secretary to the Board is no longer required to be the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Patron - Chichester

P SB342

P SB459

Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. Creates the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Southside Virginia to be founded by Averett University, Danville Community College, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The Institute will seek to diversify the Dan River region's economy by acting as a catalyst for economic and community transformation, providing a site for the development of technology and a trained workforce, and expansion of access to higher education in Southside Virginia. The Institute will promote network-related educational initiatives and generally seek to stimulate the economic viability of the region through education. A nine-member board of trustees, consisting of institutional and citizen members, will govern the Institute that will have corporate powers and be authorized to enter into and administer agreements with institutions of higher education to deliver traditional and electronic education. The board may appoint an executive director, may seek additional staff support from its founding institutions, and may apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources. This bill is identical to HB 605.
Patron - Hawkins

P SB572

Responsibilities of Virginia Community College System. Requires community colleges to (i) offer noncredit courses at a time and place that meet the needs of employers and (ii) deal directly with employers in designing and offering courses to meet real, current and projected workforce training needs. The community colleges shall report annually to the General Assembly on actions taken to meet these requirements. This is a recommendation of the Rural Virginia Prosperity Commission and is identical to HB 1022.
Patron - Ruff

P SB594

Property conveyance. Authorizes the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to transfer to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia approximately 61 acres in Augusta County.
Patron - Hanger

P SB627

Regulation of certain private and out-of-state institutions of higher education. Clarifies and strengthens the present regulatory scheme for approval of private and out-of-state institutions to operate and grant degrees in Virginia. This bill (i) defines key terms relating to this approval process; (ii) sets out exemptions for such activities as granting honorary degrees and certain professional training programs that are subject to regulatory boards, schools that are regulated by the Department of Education that offer nondegree programs, other noncredit programs, contract programs, etc.; (iii) establishes the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's authority to adopt regulations for procedures, minimal academic standards, protections for students, and information to assist third parties who rely on postsecondary credentials; (iv) mandates that approval be obtained from the Council prior to using the term "college" or "university," enrolling students, offering degrees, etc.; (v) grandfathers certain institutions that were in existence prior to July 1, 1980; (vi) clarifies the division of authority between the State Council and the Department of Education, i.e., that any institution that is approved to grant degrees does not offer nondegree credit programs but does offer certificate and diploma programs will only be subject to the authority of the Council; and (vii) clearly notes the Council's authority to grant provisional approval or to modify a previous approval, to refuse, revoke or suspend its approval under certain circumstances, and to issue emergency actions. Student records are protected through requirements for maintenance and orderly transfer in the event of a closure. Violations of these provisions will be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Further, the Council may institute a proceeding in equity to enjoin any violation of a provision and will be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs upon substantially prevailing on the merits unless special circumstances would render such an award unjust. The old chapter governing private and out-of-state institutions is repealed; the Council's present regulations are continued until new regulations are in place, and the Council is required to promulgate emergency regulations.
Patron - Houck

P SB673

Failed

F HB384

Reporting of extended absences of students attending public institutions of higher education pursuant to student visas. Directs the governing board of each public two- and four-year institution of higher education in Virginia, pursuant to guidelines to be developed by the State Council of Higher Education, to develop and implement a procedure for reporting extended absences of students attending the relevant institution pursuant to a student visa granted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The State Council is to develop the guidelines in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure the observance of any relevant individual civil and privacy rights. The guidelines must address, among other things, the timely reporting of absences by governing boards to the State Council, criteria for defining extended absences, and recommended mechanisms for recording such absences. The State Council must regularly report such recorded absences to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and relevant local law-enforcement authorities. This bill and HB 632 are incorporated into HB 364.
Patron - Wardrup

F HB475

Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program. Provides eligibility for the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program (VGAP) for children of active duty military personnel stationed outside Virginia (but claiming Virginia as their residence) by eliminating the requirement that these students graduate from a Virginia high school. The student must still have maintained the requisite grade point average and meet other VGAP requirements. VGAP awards are based on financial need and evidence of satisfactory academic progress. This bill is incorporated into HB 295.
Patron - Suit

F HB538

Faculty representatives to boards of visitors, the State Board for Community Colleges, and local community college boards. Requires the boards of visitors of four-year public institutions of higher education, State Board for Community Colleges, and local community college boards to appoint one or more nonvoting, advisory faculty representatives to their boards. In the case of the State Board for Community Colleges, the representatives must be appointed from among persons elected by the Chancellor's Faculty Advisory Committee. Faculty representatives to boards of visitors and local community college boards must be appointed from, in the board's discretion, either those individuals elected by the faculty senate or other equivalent group of the institution or from a slate of no more than three faculty submitted by the faculty, faculty senate, or other equivalent group. All representatives must serve terms of not less than one 12 month period, which is coterminous with the institution's fiscal year, or for terms mutually agreed to by (i) the State Board for Community Colleges and the Chancellor's Faculty Advisory Committee, or (ii) the local community college board or the board of visitors, as the case may be, and the institution's faculty senate or other equivalent group. The State Board for Community Colleges, local community college boards, and boards of visitors may exclude such representatives from discussions of faculty grievances, faculty or staff disciplinary matters, salaries, or other matters, in the discretion of the relevant board.
Patron - Landes

F HB632

Reporting of extended absences of students attending public institutions of higher education pursuant to student visas. Directs the governing board of each public two- and four-year institution of higher education in Virginia, pursuant to guidelines to be developed by the State Council of Higher Education, to develop and implement a procedure for reporting extended absences of students attending the relevant institution pursuant to a student visa granted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The State Council is to develop the guidelines in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure the observance of any relevant individual civil and privacy rights. The guidelines must address, among other things, the timely reporting of absences by governing boards to the State Council, criteria for defining extended absences, and recommended mechanisms for recording such absences. The State Council must regularly report such recorded absences to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and relevant local law-enforcement authorities. This bill and HB 384 are incorporated into HB 364.
Patron - O'Brien

F HB648

Colleges and universities; renovations and improvements. Creates the Higher Education Renovation Trust Fund to fund capital renovation projects at colleges and universities upon the approval of the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Finance and modifies the conditions under which the Virginia College Building Authority (VCBA) may undertake projects. The bill (i) permits the VCBA to undertake a project at an institution of higher education if the General Assembly has allocated funds to the institution for renovation or improvement projects and the project to be undertaken is within the limits and conditions of such allocation and (ii) requires the prior approval of the institution's board of visitors before the project may be undertaken by the VCBA, only if bonds issued by the VCBA to finance the project are secured by a note or other obligation of the institution. Under current law, the VCBA (a) may undertake a project only when specifically authorized by the General Assembly to do so, and (b) must receive the approval of the institution's board of visitors prior to undertaking any project.
Patron - Dudley

F HB663

Standards of Learning test requirements for certain undergraduate students. Mandates, on and after July 1, 2005, the State Council of Higher Education to implement, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, a systemwide program to require that, prior to being awarded a degree from any of the Commonwealth's public institutions of higher education, all undergraduate students, whether classified as in-state or out-of-state students, who do not hold diplomas from Virginia public high schools must take and obtain satisfactory scores on such Standards of Learning (SOL) tests, as may be required by Board of Education regulations, for obtaining a standard or advanced program high school diploma from Virginia's public high schools. Prior to the implementation of this testing requirement, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Board of Education must notify the affected students and will develop and distribute to all such freshman undergraduate students Standards of Learning study guides designed to facilitate the study of the relevant curricula. The board of visitors or other governing body of every educational institution must establish rules and regulations for the awarding of degrees, including the mandatory SOL testing requirements to be implemented by the State Council of Higher Education.
Patron - Keister

F SB49

Tuition and fees charged in-state undergraduate students. Repeals a duplicative section in the Code of Virginia and amends the other section to provide for a continuation of the 20 percent reduction instituted for fiscal year 1999-2000 for tuition and mandatory educational and general fees for in-state undergraduates.
Patron - Edwards

F SB165

In-state tuition eligibility for certain public school personnel. Authorizes Virginia public institutions of higher education to charge in-state tuition for the first year of full-time employment to any teacher or administrator who has accepted full-time employment by a local school board in the Commonwealth and has established legal residence in Virginia but has not yet met the requirements for establishing domicile in Virginia. After the first year of full-time service, the out-of-state teacher or administrator must meet the legal requirements for domicile or the parameters of another exception to these requirements.
Patron - Byrne

Carried Over

C HB28

Department of Human Resource Management; public institutions of higher education; State Council of Higher Education; expectation of privacy in communications. Prohibits the Department of Human Resource Management from enforcing any policy that has the effect of denying an expectation of privacy in electronic communications to students, faculty and professional staff of those public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth that have previously adopted acceptable use of computing policies approved by the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV). SCHEV has the duty, responsibility and authority to review these acceptable use of computing policies submitted to it pursuant to this act and notify the institution whether such policy is approved.
Patron - Callahan

C HB43

In-state tuition for spouses and dependents of military personnel. Eliminates various residency, income tax, and employment requirements governing eligibility for in-state tuition for spouses and dependents of military personnel residing in Virginia pursuant to military orders and claiming residency in another state. If the nonresident student is the child of an active member of the armed forces, the nonmilitary parent must be a registered voter in Virginia, and the child must have been claimed as a dependent by the member of the armed forces for income tax purposes. If the student is the spouse of an active member of the armed forces, then the student must be a registered Virginia voter. The period of eligibility for in-state tuition shall not exceed the period of residency required by military orders. These students would be counted as in-state students for admissions, enrollment, and tuition and fee revenue policy purposes. Under current law, spouses and dependents of military personnel must meet various residency, income tax, and employment requirements to be eligible for in-state tuition; military personnel are not currently granted in-state tuition.
Patron - Hamilton

C HB152

Defaults on certain educational loans; occupational license suspension. Authorizes an obligee to petition for the suspension of any state-issued authority to engage in a business, trade, or occupation when an obligor is delinquent or in default in the payment of a federal or state guaranteed educational loan or work-conditional scholarship. Thirty days' notice must be given prior to filing the petition. The circuit court in the jurisdiction in which the obligor resides may order reinstatement of the license upon compliance with payment terms by the obligor. Similar to the current statutes governing suspension for delinquency in child support payments, this measure addresses the licenses and certificates of insurance agents and brokers, commercial drivers, teachers, attorneys, accountants, architects, barbers, geologists, real estate appraisers, opticians, doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers, veterinarians, and certain other occupations.
Patron - Van Yahres

C HB247

Reduced tuition and fees for certain students. Requires the governing board of any public institution of higher education or the governing board of the Virginia Community College System to reduce tuition and required fees by 15 percent for any Virginia resident dependent child who is accepted for full-time enrollment for undergraduate study at such two- or four-year public institution and whose parent has completed 15 years of full-time employment as a teacher or administrator in the Virginia public school system. The institution must determine the eligibility of the applicant for this reduction pursuant to guidelines to be developed by the State Council, in consultation with the Board of Education. These guidelines shall address, among other things, the identification of eligible students, determinations of the required full-time employment as a public school teacher or administrator, and such other procedures as may be necessary for the implementation of these tuition and fee reductions. User fees, such as room and board charges, are not included in this tuition and fee reduction; however, all required fees, educational and auxiliary, shall be reduced along with tuition.
Patron - Sears

C HB1229

Waivers of tuition and fees for certain students. Expands the existing waiver of tuition and fees for surviving children and spouses of law-enforcement, firefighter, and other emergency personnel killed in the line of duty to include children and spouses of such persons "totally and permanently disabled" due to such service.
Patron - Keister

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