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VA HB 990

died on adjournment

Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program; created and established.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Certain public institutions of higher education; enrollment limitations in incoming freshman classes; Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program established. Requires, beginning with the incoming freshman class in the 2027 academic year, the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education, with the exception of Norfolk State University, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia State University, to ensure that the annual percentage of undergraduate non-Virginia students in each incoming freshman class does not exceed 45 percent. The bill also establishes the Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program whereby certain Virginia public high school graduates who graduated at or near the top of their graduating classes are permitted to apply to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for a scholarship in an amount equal to the cost of tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees to attend a public institution of higher education enumerated in the bill for eight semesters.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Education
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.primary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104284D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-23

    Assigned HED sub: Higher Education

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-27

    Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)

  5. 2026-02-18

    Left in Education

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

    2026-01-27 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: not voting
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: no
    • Phillip A. Scott: not voting
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB990

Attribution

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