High school students; postsecondary opportunities, transferable meta-major associate degrees.

The committee proposing the substitute was changed from the House Committee on Education to the Senate Committee on Education and Health, reflecting a procedural update rather than a policy change.

The patron attribution was updated to reflect the Senate Committee's involvement, though Delegate Rasoul remains listed as the original patron prior to the substitute.

Formatting and line numbering were adjusted to reflect the new substitute version, with no impact on the legislative content.

Header and formatting changed from original House Bill to House Substitute version with updated dates and page numbers

Additional spacing and formatting lines were added throughout the document

Reference to 'State Council of Higher Education for Virginia' was updated to match the Council's official name in the definitions section

Definition of 'concurrent enrollment' was clarified to specify it refers to courses offered at associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education rather than just comprehensive community colleges

Added a new definition for 'meta-major' to clarify that it refers to a broad field of study identified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia that comprises programs sharing common foundational coursework.

Expanded the definition of 'concurrent enrollment' to explicitly include courses that are creditable toward high school completion, whereas the original version only specified associate degree-level courses.

Updated the bill's header and introductory text to reflect its status as an amendment in the nature of a substitute, with Delegate Rasoul listed as the patron prior to the substitute version.

Revised the bill's title and purpose statement to specifically mention 'transferable meta-major associate degrees' to better describe the intended outcome of the postsecondary credit program.