VPI & SU and VSU; joint plan for new baccalaureate degree program.
Summary
Requires Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University to jointly develop and report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 1, 2019, a plan for the establishment of a baccalaureate or other degree program that prepares graduates to be effective career and technical education teachers in order to address persistent teacher shortages in career and technical education subject areas in the Commonwealth.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 15, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 19, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 592 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2702E
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 23, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Jan 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104607D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
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