Bill Text: VA HB1322 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Public institutions of higher education; officially recognized student organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Left in Education [HB1322 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB1322-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1322 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled November 19, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23-9.2:13.1, relating to public institutions of higher education; officially recognized student organizations; right to representation at proceedings for the violation of institution's policies for the conduct of students. ---------- Patron-- Morris ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23-9.2:13.1 as follows:

§23-9.2:13.1. Officially recognized student organizations; alleged violations of institution's policies for the conduct of students; right to representation at proceedings.

A. Except in the case of officially recognized student organizations at Virginia Military Institute, any student organization officially recognized by a public institution of higher education that is alleged to have violated the institution's policies for the conduct of students has the right to be represented, in its discretion and at its expense, by a licensed attorney or a nonattorney advocate for the duration of any disciplinary proceeding or other institutional proceeding regarding the alleged violation.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a right for officially recognized student organizations to be represented at public expense at a disciplinary proceeding or another institutional proceeding regarding the alleged violation.