HB877
Public high school students; opportunity to earn transferable meta-major associate degree, etc.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 12, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB877)
Chief Patron:
Sam Rasoul (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Public high school students; opportunity to earn transferable meta-major associate degree during high school to reduce college debt.
Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in cooperation with the Virginia Community College System and each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education and each baccalaureate public institution of higher education, to establish a program by which qualified high school students earn an associate degree in a meta-major ... (More) through dual enrollment, independent dual enrollment, as defined in the bill, or a combination thereof, that (i) is fully transferable to any baccalaureate public institution of higher education that offers a program of study in such meta-major and (ii) to the extent possible, and as determined by the applicable baccalaureate public institution of higher education, satisfies discipline-specific degree requirements in the student's preferred program of study. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101617D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB877)
