Bill Text: VA HB347 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: SCHEV; longitudinal data to be disaggregated by degree program and level.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387) [HB347 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB347-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§23.1-204.1 and 23.1-409 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§23.1-204.1. Postgraduation employment rates.
A. The Council shall annually collect and publish
data on its website data on the proportion of graduates of each
public institution of higher education and each nonprofit private institution
of higher education eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant
Program (§23.1-628 et seq.) who are employed (i) 18 months after the date of
graduation and (ii) five years after the date of graduation. The data shall
include the program and the program level, as recognized by the Council, for
each degree awarded by each institution; the percentage of graduates known to
be employed in the Commonwealth, by degree program and level; the
average salary and the average higher education-related debt for the graduates
on which the data is based, by degree program and level; rates of
enrollment in remedial coursework for each institution; individual student
credit accumulation for each institution; rates of postsecondary degree
completion; and any other information that the Council determines is necessary
to address adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education and
alignment between secondary and postsecondary education. The published data
shall be consistent with the Government Data Collection and Dissemination
Practices Act (§2.2-3800 et seq.) and the federal Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g.
B. The Council shall disseminate to each public high school and each public institution of higher education and private institution of higher education for which the Council has student-level data a link on its website to the published data.
C. The Council shall provide a notification template
that each public high school may use to annually notify students and their
parents about the availability of such data. The published data shall be
consistent with the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act
(§2.2-3800 et seq.) and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(20 U.S.C. §1232g).
B. D. Each such public institution
of higher education and each nonprofit private institution of higher
education eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program (§
23.1-628 et seq.) shall provide a link on its website to such
published the postsecondary education and employment data
published pursuant to subsection A and shall make such link available to each
admitted student.
§23.1-409. Transparency in higher education information.
Each baccalaureate public institution of higher education shall maintain and update annually no later than September 30 a tab or link on the home page of its website that shall include the following information:
1. The institution's six-year undergraduate graduation rate for each of the past 10 years;
2. The institution's freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for full-time undergraduate students for each of the past 10 years;
3. The institution's average annual percentage increase in base undergraduate tuition for each of the past 10 years;
4. The institution's average annual percentage increase in mandatory undergraduate comprehensive student fees for each of the past 10 years;
5. A link to the annual report of the use of student fees as required by §23.1-408;
6. A link to the postsecondary education and employment data
referenced in subsection B D of §23.1-204.1; and
7. A summary of the institution's budget, consistent with the institution's annual budgeting process, that includes (i) the major budget units (MBUs) in the institution and standard expenditure categories within each MBU for the current fiscal year and the previous fiscal year or (ii) a link to the annual reports required by subdivision B 10 of §23.1-1303.