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HB 1609 Reduced tuition for certain students.

Introduced by: L. Karen Darner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Reduced tuition for certain students. Allows the governing board of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to charge reduced tuition to any alien not holding an immigration visa or not classified as a political refugee who is enrolled in one of the System's institutions, lives within a 30-mile radius of a Virginia institution, has received a high school diploma or general educational development certificate from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth, and provides the relevant institution an affidavit stating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident within 90 days of the date upon which such individual becomes eligible to do so. These students would also be entitled to the same rights and benefits as other eligible students, including eligibility for state financial aid, scholarships, and grants.

The State Council of Higher Education, in consultation with the governing board of the VCCS, is to develop guidelines for the grants of eligibility for reduced tuition and state financial aid, scholarships, and grants for these students. Unless otherwise required by federal or state law, any information submitted to any of the System's institutions by these students must remain confidential and cannot be released without the express consent of the individual.

Currently, the VCCS may charge reduced tuition to any person enrolled in one of the System's institutions who lives within a 30-mile radius of a Virginia institution, is domiciled in, and is entitled to, in-state tuition charges in the institutions of higher learning in any state that is contiguous to Virginia and that has similar reciprocal provisions for persons domiciled in Virginia.


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