HB1069
Higher educational institutions, certain; membership of boards of visitors.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
House: Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
Chief Patron:
Amy Laufer (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Boards of visitors of baccalaureate public institutions of higher education and Richard Bland College and local community college boards
; membership; faculty representative and staff representative. Requires the governing board of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education and Richard Bland College and each local community college board to appoint one voting faculty representative and one voting staff representative to its respective board, each of whom is required to ... (More) be (i) elected (a) by the majority of the institution's faculty or the institution's faculty senate or its equivalent in the case of the faculty representative or (b) by the majority of the institution's staff in the case of the staff representative and (ii) appointed to serve (a) at least one term of at least 12 months, which shall be coterminous with the institution's fiscal year or (b) for such terms as may be mutually agreed to by the local community college board or the board of visitors and the institution's faculty or staff, respectively. The bill provides that any vacancy of such a voting representative shall be filled in the same manner as the original selection, whether the vacancy occurs by expiration of a term or otherwise. Current law permits each such board to appoint one or more nonvoting, advisory faculty representatives to the board and is silent on the appointment of staff representatives to such boards. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101190D
- 01/14/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1069)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
