H. B. 4603
(By Delegates Campbell and Williams)
[Introduced February 16, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-17-2 and §18B-17-3 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to authorizing
rules for the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West
Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
regarding authorization of degree granting institutions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-17-2 and §18B-17-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 17. LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§18B-17-2. Authorizing rules of Higher Education Policy
Commission.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
fifteenth day of October, two thousand four, relating to the Higher
Education Policy Commission (Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship
Program rule) is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
fifteenth day of October, two thousand four, relating to the Higher
Education Policy Commission (West Virginia Engineering, Science and
Technology Scholarship Program rule) is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
fifteenth day of October, two thousand four, relating to the Higher
Education Policy Commission (Medical Education Fee and Medical
Student Loan Program rule) is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
twenty-seventh day of October, two thousand five, relating to the
Higher Education Policy Commission (Authorization of Degree
Granting Institutions) is authorized.
§18B-17-3. Authorizing rule of the council for community and
technical college education.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
twenty-ninth day of September, two thousand four, relating to the
West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
(performance indicators rule) is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
thirteenth day of October, two thousand five, relating to the West
Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
(Authorization of Degree Granting Institutions) is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize rules for the
Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Council
for Community and Technical College Education regarding
authorization of degree granting institutions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.