HB 1664 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

SCHEV; collection and publication of wage data.

Summary
Authorizes the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (Council) to publish 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 who are employed at 18 months and five years after the date of graduation. The bill directs that the data 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; the average salary and the average higher education-related debt for the graduates on which the data is based; 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 bill requires each such institution of higher education to provide a link to such published postsecondary education and employment data.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 5, 2017 Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 376 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
legislature
Jan 5, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101278D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.