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HB 1662 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Higher educational institutions, public; general education course credit, dual enrollment courses.

Summary
Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with each public institution of higher education, to establish a policy for granting undergraduate general education course credit to any entering freshman student who has successfully completed a dual enrollment course. The bill requires SCHEV and each public institution of higher education to make the policy available to the public on the SCHEV and institution's websites. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 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
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 316 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1662H1
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104387D-H1
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by until Monday, February 6, 2017
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 17101319D
legislature
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.