HB 927 — SCHEV; certain institutional goals and criteria, reports.

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927 OfferedAMENDMENT JanuaryIN 8,THE 2020NATURE PrefiledOF JanuaryA 7,SUBSTITUTE 2020(Proposed Aby BILLthe House Committee on Education on February 5, 2020) (Patron Prior to amendSubstitute--Delegate andCoyner) reenactA §BILL 23.1-310to ofamend the Code of Virginia,Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-209.1, relating to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia;

certainplan for implementing a statewide survey on institutional goalsexpenditures by program and criteria;academic discipline.

reports;Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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---------- Patron-- Coyner ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That § 23.1-310 of the Code of Virginia is amended andby reenactedadding a section numbered 23.1-209.1 as follows:

§ 23.1-310.23.1-209.1.

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Thestatewide Councilsurvey; shall annually assess the degree to which each institution has satisfied any goals or criteria developed by the Higher Education Advisory Committee pursuant to § 23.1-309 and no later than October 1 of each fiscal year provide a certified written report of the results of such annual assessment to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and on Education and Health.

Inplan. order to assist the Council in its assessment, each public institution of higher education, and each nonprofit private institution of higher education eligible for and seeking to qualify for state general funds, shall furnish periodic reports, including copies of institutional financial aid audit reports and audited financial statements, and such other pertinent information, including (i) student-level data and (ii) financial data by program and academic discipline, including operational or instructional costs, general fund and nongeneral fund revenue, and planned expenditures, as may be required by the Council.

The Council shall develop a plan for implementing a statewide survey on institutional expenditures by program and academic discipline at each public institution of higher education to determine the effectiveness of spending relating to the attainment of state and institutional goals and to inform strategic decision-making.

In developing such plan, the Council shall review existing reporting capacities and other examples of detailed cost or expenditure analyses in higher education in the Commonwealth to (i) establish definitions of spending categories and methodologies for reporting data, (ii) determine the Council's current capacity to conduct such a survey, (iii) determine any additional staff and financial support necessary for conducting such a survey, (iv) determine the potential for long-range cost containment, and (v) detail a plan for survey implementation.

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That no later than November 1, 2020, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall submit a report relating to the plan required by the provisions of this act and any related recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.