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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Marye
Co-Patron(s): Trumbo
VPI Minority Academic Opportunities Program

Item 240 #2s

Item 240 #2s

First Year - FY2001 Second Year - FY2002
Education: Higher Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University FY2001 $280,296 FY2002 $280,296 GF

Language
Page 193, line 20, strike "$10,332,158" and insert "$10,612,454".
Page 193, line 20, strike "$10,332,158" and insert "$10,612,454".


Explanation
(This amendment provides tuition assistance for minority graduate students as part of a program to retain students who are at high risk for not advancing their education, especially those students from underrepresented groups. A companion amendment to Item 239 provides support for recruitment of students, year-round academic support services and program assessment, a summer internship program for undergraduates to encourage and prepare them for graduate study, and six postdoctoral positions to attract minority scholars in the sciences with the goal of preparing and attracting them to remain on the permanent faculty.)