Virginia Private College Preservation and Maintenance Fund and Program; established, report.
Summary
Virginia Private College Preservation and Maintenance Fund and Program established. Establishes the Virginia Private College Preservation and Maintenance Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in collaboration with the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia and the Department of Historic Resources, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to any nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education to assist with the funding of renovation, restoration, repair, preservation, and deferred maintenance projects, with certain enumerated conditions such as providing sufficient evidence of matching funds for the project in an amount equal to the amount of the grant to be awarded and providing certain documentation and project monitoring for projects involving certified historic structures, as defined in the bill.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Feb 18, 2026
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Left in Committee Appropriations
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rod Willett
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
Co
Will Morefield
RRepublican
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