SB937
TANF Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS to establish and administer, effective clause.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Community College System; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program.
Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish and administer a two-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program, beginning in 2020, for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select comprehensive community colleges ... (More) in the maximum amount of $4,000 per year to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded by the unexpended balance in federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year of the Program regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2020 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20105208D
- 01/10/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/29/2020 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/31/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB937)
- 02/06/2020 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB937E
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 20105208D-E
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/14/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/14/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB937E)
- 02/17/2020 - House: Reported from Education with amendment (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/17/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/03/2020 - House: Left in Appropriations
