Virginia House Bill 1724 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund. Establishes the Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund and permits the Department of Education to award grants from such fund to local school boards to establish Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs whereby the local school board provides scholarships not to exceed $7,500 per academic year for attendance at a baccalaureate institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) graduated from a public high school in the local school division, (ii) was eligible for free or reduced price lunch throughout the individual's attendance at a public high school in the local school division, and (iii) commits to teach, within three years of graduating from the baccalaureate institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and for a period of at least four years, at a public high school at which at least 50 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch in the school division in which such individual graduated from high school. The bill provides that in the event that any program scholarship recipient fails or refuses to comply with such teaching obligation, the sum of all scholarship funds received by such individual shall be converted to a loan that is subject to repayment with interest. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.

Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Programs Fund; created.

Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Debra Rodman [D]
Del. Cheryl Turpin [D]

2019-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendments (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Appropriations
2019-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2019-01-21	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-21	House	Reported from Education with amendments (19-Y 3-N)
2019-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
2019-01-11	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2018-12-18	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101126D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	318.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	318.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	318.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1724
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1724+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0902V0002+HB1724
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H09V0020+HB1724
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0203V0020+HB1724