158#3h (SCHEV) Reduce Mary Baldwin. HB1600 - Committee Approved

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1997 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Committee Approved)

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Reduce Mary Baldwin

Item 158 #3h

Item 158 #3h	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Education: Higher Education
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia	FY1997 $0	FY1998 ($216,456)	GF

Language
Page 130, line 34, strike "$6,101,758" and insert "$5,885,302".
Page 130, line 45, before the "." insert:
"through the year 2000 for the current freshman class and through 1999 for the current sophomore class"
Page 131, line 6, strike "$701,616" and insert "$485,160"
Page 131, line 8, strike "94" and insert "65"

Explanation
(This amendment begins a four-year phase out of state educational support of $7,464 per student at the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College. The basis for the support, Virginia's plan to create a Corps of Cadets for men and women throughout the Commonwealth, was the Commonwealth's response to a court case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. The case questioned the constitutionality of the refusal of the Virginia Military Institute to admit women. A decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 1996 favored the U.S. Department of Justice, removing the legal basis for Virginia's plan. This amendment would support the current freshman and sophomore classes until they graduate, but funds for a new entering class in the fall of 1997 are removed. A companion amendment in Item 243 carries out the same phase out plan for support of $1,900 per student for unique military costs at the Institute. In total, state support is $9,364 per student.)

Item 158

Item 158	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Higher Education Academic, Fiscal, and Facility Planning and Coordination (11100)	~~$6,200,722~~ $5,976,802	~~$6,482,422~~ $6,101,758
Higher Education Coordination and Review (11104)	FY1997 ~~$6,200,722~~ $5,976,802	FY1998 ~~$6,482,422~~ $6,101,758
Fund Sources:
General	FY1997 ~~$6,200,722~~ $5,976,802	FY1998 ~~$6,482,422~~ $6,101,758

Authority: §§ 23-9.3, 23-9.6:1, 23-20, 23-38.13, and 23-38.45, Code of Virginia, SJR 22 (1949).

A.1. It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide general fund support to contract with Mary Baldwin College for Virginia women resident students to participate in the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College. ~~Such funding is provided to comply with the holding in United States vs. Commonwealth, 976 F.2d 890 (1992) and United States v. Commonwealth, No. 94-1667, slip op. (4th Cir. Jan. 26, 1995).~~

2. The per capita rate provided for each student shall equal the general fund per capita amount provided through the Educational and General Program and Student Financial Assistance Program for Virginia Military Institute cadets.

3. The amounts for Higher Education Coordination and Review include ~~$709,080~~ $485,160 the first year and ~~$1,082,280~~ $701,616 the second year from the general fund based on an estimated participation of 95 65 in-state students the first year and ~~145~~ 94 in-state students the second year in the program. Funds paid to Mary Baldwin College under the contract will be based on the actual number of Virginia resident students participating in the program.

4. General fund appropriations provided under this contract include financial aid for the participating students at Mary Baldwin College in the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership program, therefore, these students are not eligible for Tuition Assistance Grants.

B. By October 1, each year, each institution of higher education, Richard Bland College, and the Community College system shall submit a report on progress toward meeting its approved restructuring plan to the Secretary of Education and the State Council of Higher Education. The progress reports shall be prepared according to a format approved by the Secretary of Education and the State Council of Higher Education. A presentation on the progress of institutions in implementing their plans shall be made by the Secretary and the State Council of Higher Education to the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees at their regularly scheduled meetings in November of each year. As part of its progress report, each institution shall submit its faculty evaluation plan for 1996-97 to the Secretary of Education and the State Council of Higher Education.

C. The amounts for Higher Education Coordination and Review include $121,500 the first year and $120,000 the second year from the general fund for the State Council of Higher Education "Indicators Project" to further develop a performance measurement system for higher education. When fully developed, this project shall ~~become~~ contribute to the Commonwealth performance measurement system for Virginia's public colleges and universities pursuant to Item 332A of Chapter 853 of the 1995 Acts of Assembly.

D. In discharging the responsibilities specified in §23-272.D., Code of Virginia, the State Council of Higher Education shall provide exemptions to individual proprietorships, associations, co-partnerships or corporations which are now or in the future will be using the words "college" or "university" in their training programs solely for their employees or customers, which do not offer degree-granting programs, and whose name includes the word "college" or "university" in a context from which it clearly appears that such entity is not an educational institution.

E. Out of the appropriation for Higher Education Coordination and Review, $1,925,000 the first year and $2,015,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for continuation and expansion of the Commonwealth Virtual Library at public colleges and universities.

F. This appropriation includes annual membership dues to the Southern Regional Education Board, $144,600 the first year and $144,600 the second year from the general fund.

G. The State Council of Higher Education shall select at least one institution of higher education with special expertise in training on the use of technology and, in consultation with the Department of Education, conduct a pilot program in the first year on the training of elementary and secondary teachers on the use of technology in the classroom. The Council shall report to the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees prior to the 1997 session of the General Assembly on recommendations for further development of such programs in the Commonwealth.