VA HB274 | 2010 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Automatic acceptance to institutions of higher education. Directs the governing boards of public institutions of higher education to provide for the automatic acceptance of those resident students applying for admission who have graduated from a public or private high school in Virginia with a grade point average in the top 10 percent of such student's graduating class and have been honorably discharged from service in the United States Armed Forces, the United States Armed Forces Reserves, the Virginia National Guard, or the Virginia National Guard Reserve.

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Title

Higher educational institution; governing board to provide automatic acceptance of resident student.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2010-02-16 House: Left in Education
2010-01-19 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2010-01-18 House: Assigned Education sub: #4 Higher Education and Arts
2010-01-11 House: Referred to Committee on Education
2010-01-11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103704D

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