HB4845 SFAT RUCKER #1 3-11

Hager  7871

Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 4845—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §18-2L-1, §18-2L-2, §18-2L-3, §18-2L-4, §18-2L-5, §18-2L-6, §18-2L-7, §18-2L-8, §18-2L-9, §18-2L-10, and §18-2L-11; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18C-10-1, all relating generally to the establishment of the Katherine Johnson Academy as magnet school programs at colleges and universities in West Virginia; stating findings; defining terms; requiring chancellor for higher education to provide annual reports on the academic and financial performance of the academy programs; requiring a collaboration agreement to be entered into for each academy program; providing for restrictions on the amount that may be charged to academy students for certain purposes; authorizing the establishment of residential programs and commuter-based programs; allowing residential and commuter students to participate in all high school activities; establishing the Academy of Mathematics and Science and the Academy for the Performing Arts; requiring the Higher Education Policy Commission to select certain host institutions pursuant to a competitive bidding process; establishing certain minimum eligibility requirements for students; authorizing a host institution to determine admission and enrollment of students; requiring students accepted and admitted into an academy program to receive the PROMISE scholarship; addressing the PROMISE Scholarship not providing sufficient funding to pay for certain costs of a student; providing that no county board or college or university will be required to participate in this program; requiring the West Virginia Board of Education and the Higher Education Policy Commission to collaborate in promulgating rules that in the aggregate address certain minimum specified topics; and establishing the Katherine Johnson Scholarship Fund for the purpose of receiving, holding, investing, and expending both public and private moneys for the purposes of providing scholarships for students attending the Katherine Johnson Academy.

Adopted

Rejected