SB 1000

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2019 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jul 16, 2018
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS to establish and administer.

Abstract

Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish and administer a two-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program), beginning in 2019, for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select comprehensive community colleges in the maximum amount of $4,000 per year to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded by the unexpended balance in federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year of the Program regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

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Feb 19, 2019

House

Left in Appropriations

Feb 05, 2019

House

Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources

Jan 30, 2019

House

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

House

Placed on Calendar

House

Read first time

Jan 25, 2019

Senate

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1000E

Senate

Read second time

Senate

Reading of amendment waived

Senate

Committee amendment agreed to

Senate

Printed as engrossed 19100088D-E

Jan 10, 2019

Senate

Rereferred to Finance

Jul 16, 2018

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100088D

Senate

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Bill Text

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Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100088D HTML
Senate: Printed as engrossed 19100088D-E HTML

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