Senate Bill No. 542
(By Senators Plymale, Edgell, Bailey, Green, Hunter, Oliverio,
Stollings, Wells, White, Boley, Guills and Hall)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported February 9, 2007.]
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A BILL to
amend and reenact §18B-17-2 and §18B-17-3 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to authorizing
rules for the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West
Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
regarding the West Virginia Higher Education Grant Program and
the Workforce Development Initiative Program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-17-2 and §18B-17-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 17. LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§18B-17-2. Authorizing rules of Higher Education Policy
Commission.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
fifteenth day of October, two thousand four, relating to the Higher
Education Policy Commission (Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship Program rule) is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
fifteenth day of October, two thousand four, relating to the Higher
Education Policy Commission (West Virginia Engineering, Science and
Technology Scholarship Program rule) is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
fifteenth day of October, two thousand four, relating to the Higher
Education Policy Commission (Medical Education Fee and Medical
Student Loan Program rule) is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
twenty-seventh day of October, two thousand five, relating to the
Higher Education Policy Commission (Authorization of degree-
granting institutions) is authorized.
(e) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
twenty-third day of August, two thousand six, relating to the
Higher Education Policy Commission (West Virginia Higher Education
Grant Program) is authorized.
§18B-17-3. Authorizing rule of the Council for Community and
Technical College Education.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
twenty-ninth day of September, two thousand four, relating to the
West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
(performance indicators rule) is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the thirteenth day of October, two thousand five, relating to the West
Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
(Authorization of degree-granting institutions) is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
thirtieth day of October, two thousand six, relating to the West
Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
(Workforce Development Initiative Program) is authorized.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize rules of the
Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community
and Technical College Education.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)