Virginia 2017 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 838 — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; DSS to establish and administer.

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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish a three-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select community colleges in the amount of $4,000 per year, to be applied toward the costs of tuition and books, to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded with federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to (i) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the State Department of Social Services establishing the parameters of the Program and the method for selecting students to participate; (ii) monitor, record, and analyze the outcomes of all participants; and (iii) report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Bill Text

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Plain-language change summary

The new version of Bill SB 838 specifies that scholarship funds will now go directly to the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) for disbursement to participating colleges, rather than allowing for payments to be made to other state programs. Additionally, the bill emphasizes that it will only take effect if there is funding allocated in the 2017 budget passed by the General Assembly. These changes clarify the funding process and ensure that the scholarships specifically support community college students, which is important for targeted educational support.

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SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version 17104977D SENATE BILL NO.
838 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on January 27, 2017) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Stanley) A BILL to direct the Virginia Community College System to establish the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program.
838 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance on February 1, 2017) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Stanley) A BILL to direct the Virginia Community College System to establish the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program.
The Program shall provide to selected students who meet the TANF eligibility requirements prepaid scholarships to select community colleges in the Virginia Community College System.
The Program shall provide to selected students who meet the TANF eligibility requirements scholarships to select community colleges in VCCS.
Such funds may be paid directly to participating community colleges or directed to Virginia programs authorized pursuant to § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Such funds shall be paid to VCCS for disbursement to participating community colleges.
Such report shall include (i) the number of eligible students who applied to participate in the Program, (ii) the number of students selected to participate in the Program, (iii) the criteria for selection and other nonidentifying statistical information about students selected to participate in the Program, (iv) student outcome analysis and evaluation, (v) methods used to assess student outcomes, (vi) information regarding the community colleges selected to participate in the Program and the areas in which such community colleges are located, (vii) actual expenditures for the Program, and (viii) any other information deemed necessary by VCCS to evaluate the effectiveness of the Program.
Such report shall include (i) the number of students who were eligible to participate in the Program, (ii) the number of students selected to participate in the Program, (iii) the criteria for selection and other nonidentifying statistical information about students selected to participate in the Program, (iv) student outcome analysis and evaluation, (v) methods used to assess student outcomes, (vi) information regarding the community colleges selected to participate in the Program and the areas in which such community colleges are located, (vii) actual expenditures for the Program, and (viii) any other information deemed necessary by VCCS to evaluate the effectiveness of the Program.
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That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriation act passed in 2017 by the General Assembly that becomes law.
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Action History

  1. Left in Appropriations

  2. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  3. Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

  4. Assigned Education sub: Higher Education

  5. Referred to Committee on Education

  6. Read first time

  7. Placed on Calendar

  8. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB838S2

  9. Committee substitute agreed to 17104977D-S2

  10. Reading of substitute waived

  11. Committee substitute rejected 17104289D-S1

  12. Read second time

  13. Rereferred to Finance

  14. Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

  15. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100683D

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 838 do?
Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish a three-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select community colleges in the amount of $4,000 per year, to be applied toward the costs of tuition and books, to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded with federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to (i) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the State Department of Social Services establishing the parameters of the Program and the method for selecting students to participate; (ii) monitor, record, and analyze the outcomes of all participants; and (iii) report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Who sponsors SB 838?
SB 838 is sponsored by Jeremy S. McPike, William M. Stanley, Jr., Barbara A. Favola, Adam P. Ebbin, and Kory, Kaye.
What is the current status of SB 838?
This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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