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HB375

Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements, disputes, arbitration.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Rodney Willett (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements; disputes; arbitration.

Prohibits any postsecondary school that is required to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia from conditioning the enrollment of a student who receives state funds pursuant to this title on (i) entering into an agreement that requires the student to arbitrate any dispute between the student and the school, regardless of whether the agreement permits the student to opt out of the requirement to arbitrate any such dispute in the future; or (ii) entering into an agreement that requires the student to resolve a dispute on an individual basis and waive the right to class or group actions. The bill requires each postsecondary school that does not receive state funds pursuant to this title and requires any student to submit to arbitration to resolve disputes with the school pursuant to the student's enrollment agreement to (a) permit the student to report the dispute to any other individual or entity before the arbitration proceeding is initiated or completed; (b) report each student dispute to the Council before the arbitration proceeding is initiated; (c) report to the Council certain information about each arbitration proceeding that results from a student dispute, including the nature of the dispute, any defense or counterclaim by the school, and the disposition of the dispute; (d) report to the Council annual aggregated data on arbitration proceedings that result from student disputes, including the number, nature, and disposition of such proceedings; and (e) disclose to students, upon enrollment, data on the frequency and nature of arbitration proceedings at the postsecondary school as previously reported to the Council, in a format determined by the Council. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/02/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100303D
  • 01/02/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 01/13/2020 - House: Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
  • 01/20/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB375)
  • 01/22/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
  • 01/27/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20106665D-H1
  • 01/27/2020 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Read first time
  • 01/30/2020 - House: Read second time
  • 01/30/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106665D-H1
  • 01/30/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB375H1
  • 01/31/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 23-N)
  • 01/31/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (75-Y 23-N)
  • 02/03/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/03/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/14/2020 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
  • 02/20/2020 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
  • 02/26/2020 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
  • 02/28/2020 - Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N)
  • 02/28/2020 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 03/02/2020 - House: House acceded to request
  • 03/02/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 03/02/2020 - House: Delegates: Willett, Keam, Collins
  • 03/03/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 03/03/2020 - Senate: Senators: Hashmi, Locke, Suetterlein
  • 03/05/2020 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 03/05/2020 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 36-N)
  • 03/05/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 36-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Conference report rejected by Senate (9-Y 31-N)
  • 03/07/2020 - House: House requested second conference committee
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Senate requested second conference committee (36-Y 1-N)
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (33-Y 6-N)
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Second conferees appointed by Senate
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Senators: Hasmi, Locke, Suetterlein
  • 03/07/2020 - House: Second conferees appointed by House
  • 03/07/2020 - House: Delegates: Willett, Keam, Collins
  • 03/08/2020 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 14-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/08/2020 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 34-N)
  • 03/08/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 34-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/18/2020 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/18/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB375ER)
  • 03/18/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/19/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/20/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
  • 03/20/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 03/26/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB375ER)
  • 04/11/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1135 (effective 7/1/20)
  • 04/11/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1135)

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