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VA SB 299

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New College Institute; membership and composition of board of directors, report.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

New College Institute; name; membership and composition of board of directors. Renames New College Institute as the West Piedmont Higher Education Center (the Center) and makes several revisions to the membership requirements for the board of directors of the Center, including (i) increasing from 15 to 20 members the total membership of the board of directors; (ii) modifying the composition of the board of directors by adding as required members the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee, and the presidents of George Mason University, Longwood University, Radford University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University or their designees; (iii) reducing from 10 to seven the total number of nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor and requiring five of such nonlegislative citizen members to be representatives of West Piedmont public education and area business and industry, including one division superintendent, one public school teacher, and three business and industry leaders; and (iv) adding the president of Patrick & Henry Community College or his designee to serve as an ex officio nonvoting member. The bill also requires the board of directors of the Center, in collaboration with representatives of GO Virginia Region 3, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Patrick & Henry Community College, local school boards, and major regional employers, to develop a sustainability plan, including a comprehensive strategic plan and customer recruitment and expansion strategy, to provide higher education degree and certification programs in accordance with its mission, to review options to achieve the goals stated in such plan, and to report on such options to the Governor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations no later than August 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 430.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-04-13 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kannan Srinivasanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103457D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299)

  4. 2026-02-09

    Assigned Education sub: Higher Education

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-12

    Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  6. 2026-02-13

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-02-13

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)

  8. 2026-02-13

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  9. 2026-02-16

    Read second time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-16

    Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  11. 2026-02-16

    Rules suspended

  12. 2026-02-16

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  13. 2026-02-16

    Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2026-02-19

    Placed on Calendar

  15. 2026-02-19

    Read first time

    reading-1

  16. 2026-02-19

    Referred to Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-02-26

    Assigned HED sub: Higher Education

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-03-02

    House subcommittee offered

  19. 2026-03-02

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)

    substitution

  20. 2026-03-04

    House committee offered

  21. 2026-03-04

    Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N)

    committee-passage

  22. 2026-03-04

    Committee substitute printed 26108795D-H1

    substitution

  23. 2026-03-05

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299)

  24. 2026-03-06

    Read second time

    reading-2

  25. 2026-03-09

    Read third time

    reading-3

  26. 2026-03-09

    committee substitute agreed to

    substitution

  27. 2026-03-09

    Engrossed by House - committee substitute

    substitution

  28. 2026-03-09

    Passed House with substitute (92-Y 5-N 0-A)

    passage

  29. 2026-03-10

    House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

    substitution

  30. 2026-03-30

    Enrolled

    enrolled

  31. 2026-03-30

    Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB299ER)

    passage

  32. 2026-03-30

    Signed by President

    passage

  33. 2026-03-31

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299)

  34. 2026-03-31

    Signed by Speaker

    passage

  35. 2026-03-31

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

    enrolled,executive-receipt

  36. 2026-03-31

    Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

    executive-receipt

  37. 2026-04-13

    Approved by Governor-Chapter 610 (effective 7/1/2026)

    executive-signature

  38. 2026-04-13

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)

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https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB299

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