Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
 
Board
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Certification of Certain Institutions to Confer Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates [8 VAC 40 ‑ 31]
Action Regulations Governing Certification of Certain Institutions to Confer Degrees, Diplomas, and Certifi
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 12/10/2012
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11/9/12  3:40 pm
Commenter: Nora Leonard, Sentara College of Health Sciences

Comments related to proposed regulations
 

8VAC40-31-160 E - 3.  With regards to records alteration, what records are being referred to in this statement?  Final transcript or formative documents like course grades in the LMS?

N-5  This section is confusing.  12 days, 14 days??

N-6  Leave of Absence - We provide for an LOA of up to one year.  If a student is out for 6 months or more then for financial aid purposes, they would have to refile new paperwork (FAFSA etc).  But most of our courses are offered only once/year, so for academic purposes, we give them up to a year.  This proposed change would impact our policy and our retention rates since a student that is on LOA is still counted as a retained student according to ACICS.  If we are required to limit this to 6 months, then the student would be withdrawn from the college at 6 months and have to reapply to return when their course is offered again (assuming they need to stay out for greater than 6 months)

Renewal Fee - the proposed fee for our institution will double from 2500 to 5000.  For a non-profit, healthcare system based college, this is a significant hit to our budget.  $2500 is a very significant number to us in regards to supplies for skills labs, equipment for teaching etc.  It might be easier to adjust to a phased in increase over 2-3 years.

 

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