HB 1178

            
2020 SESSION

20103573D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1178


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 23.1-409 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; 
 websites; certain information; degree completion.
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Patron-- Poindexter

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Referred to Committee on Education

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 23.1-409 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 23.1-409. Transparency in higher education information.
 
 
Each baccalaureate public institution of higher education 
 shall maintain and update annually no later than September 30 a tab or link on 
 the home page of its website that shall include the following information:
 
 
1. The number of degrees 
 completed during the most recent academic year by degree program and by primary 
 location and manner of completion, including completion on the main campus, at 
 a center or other institution established pursuant to Chapter 31 (� 
 23.1-3100 et seq.), and online.
 
 
2. The 
 institutions six-year undergraduate graduation rate for each of the past 10 
 years;
 
 
2. 3. The institutions 
 freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for full-time undergraduate students for 
 each of the past 10 years;
 
 
3. 4. The institutions average 
 annual percentage increase in base undergraduate tuition for each of the past 
 10 years;
 
 
4. 5. The institutions average 
 annual percentage increase in mandatory undergraduate comprehensive student 
 fees for each of the past 10 years;
 
 
5. 6. A link to the annual report 
 of the use of student fees as required by � 23.1-408;
 
 
6. 7. A link to the postsecondary 
 education and employment data referenced in subsection D of � 23.1-204.1; and
 
 
7. 8. A summary of the 
 institutions budget, consistent with the institutions annual budgeting 
 process, that includes (i) the major budget units (MBUs) in the institution and 
 standard expenditure categories within each MBU for the current fiscal year and 
 the previous fiscal year or (ii) a link to the annual reports required by 
 subdivision B 10 of � 23.1-1303.