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.

2. The amounts for Higher Education Coordination and Review include $701,616 the first year and $701,616 the second year from the general fund based on an estimated participation of 94 in-state students the first year and 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.

3. 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. The State Council of Higher Education shall develop, in consultation with the public colleges and universities, a Report of Institutional Effectiveness, pursuant to the report of the Governor's Commission to Evaluate the Needs and Goals of Higher Education in Virginia in the 21st Century. In developing the report, the State Council of Higher Education shall coordinate its efforts with the Department of Planning and Budget to minimize the duplication of information on performance measures required of colleges and universities. The State Council of Higher Education shall publish the reports annually, beginning no later than July 2001, and make the reports available on its web site.

C. 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, copartnerships 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.

D. Out of the appropriation for Higher Education Coordination and Review, $3,923,200 the first year and $4,262,700 the second year from the general fund is provided for continuation of the Commonwealth Virtual Library. This appropriation includes $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the second year to allow students and faculty at the Commonwealth's independent colleges and universities to participate in the Virtual Library.

E. Out of this appropriation, $154,990 the first year and $157,315 the second year from the general fund, is designated to support annual membership dues to the Southern Regional Education Board.

F. Out of this appropriation, $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for institutes for technology training for public school teachers and administrators at institutions identified by the State Council of Higher Education and subject to a plan approved by the State Council, pursuant to § 23-9.13:1, Code of Virginia.

G. The State Council of Higher Education and the Secretary of Education, in cooperation with the three medical schools, shall monitor the results of the Generalist Initiative, especially the decisions of graduates from the undergraduate medical programs to enter generalist residencies, and the composition of the residencies in the two associated academic health centers. It is the intent of the General Assembly that continued funding for the Generalist Initiative is contingent upon achievement at each participating institution of these goals: (i) at least 50 percent of Virginia medical school graduates shall enter generalist practice and (ii) at least 50 percent of Virginia medical school graduates entering generalist practice shall enter practice in Virginia upon completion of residency training. The three medical schools shall report annually to the State Council by October 2.The State Council of Higher Education and the Secretary of Education, in cooperation with the University of Virginia, the Medical College of Hampton Roads, and Virginia Commonwealth University, shall monitor the generalist output for Virginia medical schools and generalist residency training programs achieved between 1994 and 2000. These yearly outcomes shall be jointly collected and reported by the three medical schools to the Secretary of Education and the State Council of Higher Education annually by October 2. The State Council shall report on the status of the Generalist Initiative to the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees at their regularly scheduled meetings in November.

H. The medical schools are encouraged to be aggressive in setting tuition rates that are above national average tuition rates for both in-state and out-of-state students.

I. To reflect the value of noncredit instruction for workforce training, the State Council of Higher Education shall develop guidelines that recognize those noncredit courses which are 1) instructional in format and 2) which meet requirements for reporting as community education, for inclusion in state funding formulas for facility utilization and space justification, equipment, and positions.