VA HB1336 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 22-2)
Status: Passed on March 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 22-2)
Status: Passed on March 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; policy on course credit at public institutions of higher education for certain examinations. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with the governing board of each public institution of higher education, to establish a uniform policy for granting undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students who have taken one or more Advanced Placement, Cambridge Advanced (A/AS), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), or International Baccalaureate examinations and repeals the current law under which such governing boards individually implement such policies. The bill requires SCHEV and each public institution of higher education to make the policy available to the public on its website. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2016.
Title
SCHEV; policy on course credit at higher educational institutions.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) (Y: 31 N: 7 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N) (Y: 97 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 21 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N) (Y: 97 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 21 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-23 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578) | |
| 2015-03-23 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (effective 7/1/16) | |
| 2015-02-23 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 | |
| 2015-02-23 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15 |
| 2015-02-20 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2015-02-19 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2015-02-19 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1336ER) |
| 2015-02-19 | House | Enrolled |
| 2015-02-16 | Senate | Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) |
| 2015-02-16 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2015-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) |
| 2015-02-12 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) |
| 2015-02-03 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2015-02-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2015-02-02 | House | VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N) |
| 2015-02-02 | House | Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N) |
| 2015-01-30 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2015-01-29 | House | Read first time |
| 2015-01-28 | House | Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) |
| 2015-01-16 | House | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
| 2014-11-25 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2014-11-25 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100703D |
