Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; website, posting of certain comparative data.
Summary
Baccalaureate public institution of higher education; website; posting of certain comparative data relating to undergraduate students. Requires each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to include on the tab or link that it maintains on its website with certain information about the institution a comparison of the institution to its in-state and out-of-state peer institutions on the following measures: (i) the middle 50 percent test score range of first-time undergraduate students whose ACT or SAT scores were in the 25th to 75th percentile of the scores of enrolled students; (ii) the percentage of the students who applied for and were offered first-time undergraduate admission; (iii) the percentage of admitted students who were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes; (iv) the average and net annual total academic costs for an undergraduate student living on campus and enrolled in 30 semester credit hours; (v) the average undergraduate student educational debt and the average rate of interest on such debt; (vi) the freshman-to-sophomore and freshman-to-junior retention rates for full-time undergraduate students; (vii) the four-year, five-year, and six-year undergraduate graduation rates; (viii) the average number of fall and spring semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a bachelor's degree; (ix) the average undergraduate student score on the Collegiate Learning Assessment; (x) the employment potential of undergraduate students; (xi) the job placement status of undergraduate students within the first three years of graduation; and (xii) the average income of alumni over the first 20 years of their careers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 8, 2022
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 365 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB355H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106071D-H1
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102137D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nick Freitas
RRepublican
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