Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program; created and established.
Summary
Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Student Emergency Aid Fund and Program for the purposeof distributing emergency funds to students enrolled as full-timeor part-time students at public and nonprofit private institutionsof higher education in the Commonwealth to assist such students withsatisfying non-tuition and non-book emergency financial transactionsand costs required in order for the student to complete his certificationor degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establish guidelines for the Program and distributethe funds to institutions for disbursement according to the guidelines.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Jan 26, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2022
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Jan 26, 2022
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican12
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jan 26, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (10-Y 0-N)
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 22102989D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
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