This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.
Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].
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 NC | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 | Community College | Permits a community college to refrain from participating in a federal direct loan program that students can use to borrow money. Vetoed by governor, overriden by legislature. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H7v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 7
Source: ncleg.net
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| NJ | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Revises the NJ STARS II Program such that the program covers only tuition (no fees) in the amount of $1,250 per semester (previously up to $3,500 per semester) to four-year public or independent institutions (previously only public). Changes the percentage of the scholarship paid by the state to 100% from 50% (50% previously paid by the public institution of higher education).
Deletes the requirement that the amount of the scholarship awarded for the third academic year of study be based on the student's cumulative grade point average upon graduation from the county college. Deletes the requirement that the amount of the scholarship awarded for the fourth academic year of study be based on the student's grade point average during the third academic year of study.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL12/8_.PDF
Title: S 874
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Provides that the board of visitors of every public institution of higher education shall establish policies requiring the registrar to place an administrative hold on student registration, records, and grades for a period of at least three months prior to referring a student account to collections for nonpayment.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB703ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 703
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Directs the higher education coordinating board to make available on its Web site a search tool allowing for comparisons of general academic teaching institutions that meet certain criteria selected by the user,
including offering a particular major or program of study. Requires that the page displaying the comparison chart have a link to the Texas Workforce Commission Web site. Requires that the comparison tool be posted to the board's Web site by February 2013. Pages 18-19 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 736 - Comparison Tool
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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