SB 501 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund; created.

Summary
Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund. Directs the board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to deposit $250 million per year of surplus moneys from the Plan's fund into the Virginia College Opportunity Fund, established by the bill. The bill provides that such deposit shall not be made or shall be reduced in any year in which the College Opportunity Investment Advisory Committee determines that certain conditions relating to the Plan's funded status are not met. The Committee is established by the bill as an advisory committee for the Plan, for the purpose of determining the amount of deposits to be made to the Fund.The bill provides that financial management of the Fund is the responsibility of the board of the Plan but authorizes the board of the Virginia College Opportunity Endowment, also established by the bill, to manage a scholarship program funded by the Fund. The bill establishes an individual and corporate income tax subtraction for donations to the Fund.Under the bill, the Endowment provides scholarships to students who attend or plan to attend one of 12 eligible universities named in the bill. The bill provides that only such students who meet the eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant and commit to being employed in Virginia, or being enrolled in postgraduate education in Virginia, for at least eight years after graduation from an eligible university are eligible for such scholarships.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Feb 12, 2024
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Committee
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Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
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Scott Surovell
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