SB373 HFIN AMT 4-8McO
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for S. B. 373 -- "A BILL to
repeal §18C-7-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;
to
amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-
1D-9; to amend and reenact §18B-2A-1 of said code;
to
amend and
reenact §18C-1-1 and §18C-1-5 of said code; and to amend and
reenact §18C-7-3, §18C-7-4, §18C-7-5, §18C-7-6, §18C-7-7 and §18C-
7-8 of said code, all relating to higher education in West Virginia
generally; requiring training and development opportunities for
members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Council for
Community and Technical College Education and the institutional
governing boards; revising criteria for membership of the
institutional governing boards and the manner in which the
membership is determined; requiring the governor to consider
certain factors and seek a certain balance when appointing members
;
reconstituting the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory
Board; providing for member appointments; setting forth member
qualifications and terms of office; setting forth duties of the
advisory board; changing conditions upon which students who
attended high school outside the state may be eligible for
financial aid;
establishing tuition rate for all West Virginia
University graduate students; dissolving the PROMISE Scholarship
Board and transferring its powers and duties to the Higher
Education Policy Commission and under the administration of the Vice Chancellor for Administration; requiring the vice chancellor
to submit an annual report; defining terms; authorizing investment
of certain funds with the West Virginia Investment Management
Board; increasing by two percent the aggregate percentage amount
the Legislature intends to allocate to PROMISE scholarship program
for a certain fiscal year; setting a minimum amount for the PROMISE
scholarship annual award and authorizing the Higher Education
Policy Commission to provide annual awards greater than the minimum
under certain circumstances if funds are available; increasing
flexibility for adjusting requirements to receive a PROMISE
scholarship;
providing conditions under which PROMISE scholarship
annual awards are continued to certain students under certain
circumstances; establishing citizenship and immigrant conditions of
eligibility for a PROMISE scholarship;
clarifying that a PROMISE
scholarship may supplement certain tuition and fee waivers; and
authorizing the Higher Education Policy Commission to promulgate
rules.
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