republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1664.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHEV; collection and publication of wage data."
description: "Authorizes the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (Council) to publish data on the proportion of graduates of each public institution of higher education and each nonprofit private institution of higher education eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program who are employed at 18 months and five years after the date of graduation. The bill directs that the data include the program and the program level, as recognized by the Council, for each degree awarded by each institution; the percentage of graduates known to be employed in the Commonwealth; the average salary and the average higher education-related debt for the graduates on which the data is based; rates of enrollment in remedial coursework for each institution; individual student credit accumulation for each institution; rates of postsecondary degree completion; and any other information that the Council determines is necessary to address adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education and alignment between secondary and postsecondary education. The bill requires each such institution of higher education to provide a link to such published postsecondary education and employment data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1664"
citation: "Virginia HB 1664 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas A. \"Tag\" Greason"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd3dc3e6-77dd-4d6c-9be4-0c8a90d5e5a2"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1664"
source_hash: "6cb4f5124e5bbf0ac2494e8a8f5e3e662125a3b5e0d282c580c43d28eed5746f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1664 (2017) — SCHEV; collection and publication of wage data.

Authorizes the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (Council) to publish data on the proportion of graduates of each public institution of higher education and each nonprofit private institution of higher education eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program who are employed at 18 months and five years after the date of graduation. The bill directs that the data include the program and the program level, as recognized by the Council, for each degree awarded by each institution; the percentage of graduates known to be employed in the Commonwealth; the average salary and the average higher education-related debt for the graduates on which the data is based; rates of enrollment in remedial coursework for each institution; individual student credit accumulation for each institution; rates of postsecondary degree completion; and any other information that the Council determines is necessary to address adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education and alignment between secondary and postsecondary education. The bill requires each such institution of higher education to provide a link to such published postsecondary education and employment data.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0376)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0376)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1664ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1664ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101278D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1664)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101278D `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 376 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd3dc3e6-77dd-4d6c-9be4-0c8a90d5e5a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).