Virginia House Bill 151 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State Council of Higher Education; development of uniform lower division curriculum. Requires the State Council of Higher Education to develop a uniform lower division curriculum consisting of no more than 60 credit hours. The curriculum shall be uniform across all public institutions of higher education and shall specify the lower division courses, and the number thereof, satisfying the requirements, prerequisites, and electives for each program major, including those for general education. The completion of the uniform lower division curriculum at a community college shall be transferable to any public institution of higher education. The bill also requires the Council to set a uniform number of credit hours to be required for each bachelor's degree offered in a public institution of higher education.

Higher Education, State Council of; development of uniform lower division curriculum.

Del. Richard Bell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Education
2012-01-24		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-13		House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education and Arts
2012-01-05		House: Referred to Committee on Education
2012-01-05		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101811D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB151
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB151+hil