Bill Text: VA HB1336 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: SCHEV; policy on course credit at higher educational institutions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 22-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578) [HB1336 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-HB1336-Chaptered.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23-9.2:3.10 as follows: §23-9.2:3.10. Course credit; Advanced Placement, Cambridge Advanced, College-Level Examination Program, and International Baccalaureate examinations. A. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (Council), in consultation with the governing board of each public institution of higher education, shall establish a 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. The policy shall: 1. Outline the conditions necessary for each public institution of higher education to grant course credit, including the minimum required scores on such examinations; 2. Identify each public institution of higher education's course credit or other academic requirements that the student satisfies by achieving the minimum required scores on such examinations; and 3. Ensure, to the extent possible, that the grant of course credit is consistent across each public institution of higher education and each such examination. B. The Council and each public institution of higher education shall make the policy available to the public on its website. 2. That §23-9.2:3.8 of the Code of Virginia is repealed. 3. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2016. |
