Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions members of Nation Guard.
Summary
Removes the requirement for private institutions of higher education to operate on a nonprofit basis in order to be eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program. The bill also provides that certain members of the Virginia National Guard may be eligible to receive grant funds if they are enrolled in an accredited private institution of higher education. Under current law, such members are not eligible if they are enrolled in an accredited proprietary private institution of higher education. This bill was incorporated into
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Jan 2018
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Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2018
Last action Jan 16, 2018
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Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Jan 16, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18104723D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
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P
JA
John A. Cosgrove, Jr.
RRepublican
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