VirginiaNew College Institute; membership and composition of board of directors, report.
What it does
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.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 299.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609)Latest
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 609 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB430ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 11Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Engrossed by Senate as amended
- Mar 10Senator Srinivasan Amendment agreed toMajor
- Mar 10Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
- Mar 10Floor offered Senator Srinivasan Amendment
- Mar 10Education and Health Substitute rejected
- Mar 9Passed by for the day
- Mar 9Read third timeMinor
- Mar 6Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Mar 5Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 5Rules suspended
- Mar 4Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- Feb 27Education and Health Substitute
- Feb 27Senate committee offered
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 15Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- Feb 11Assigned HAPP sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107537D-H1Major
- Feb 11Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)Minor
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Assigned HED sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102709DIntroduced