Menu
2018 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Floor Approved)

View Budget Item
View Budget Item amendments

Financial Aid Flexibility (language only)

Item 222 #1h

Item 222 #1h

Education: Higher Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Language

Page 195, after line 1, insert:

"Up to 15 percent of the funding in this item may be used to support Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program eligible students for (1) priority funding who are enrolled in Data Science and Technology, Science and Engineering, Healthcare and Education programs and (2) as a grant for students in innovative internship programs provided that the institutions has at least one private sector partner and the grant is matched equally by the partner with non-state funding and / or the institution from private funds."



Explanation

(This amendment allows the use of financial aid funds to support eligible students either enrolled in Data Science and Technology, Science and Engineering, Healthcare, and Education programs or in the new internship program.)