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SB 486 Virginia Military Institute; reduces minimum number of cadets admitted annually free.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Admission of state cadets at the Virginia Military Institute.  Amends provisions for the admission of state cadets to provide that, upon evidence of fair moral character, sufficient state cadets, selected from the Commonwealth at large, must be admitted by the VMI Board of Visitors. Currently, at least fifty state cadets are selected from each senatorial district and from the Commonwealth at large.  The measure also provides for military scholarship cadets. Up to 40 such cadets are to be admitted by the Board of Visitors to receive financial aid in exchange for a commitment to serve as commissioned officers in the Virginia National Guard for a term in accordance with Guard policy and regulation. If a military scholarship cadet fails to fulfill the obligation to serve in the Virginia National Guard, he must repay the scholarship unless excused from the obligation by the VMI Board of Visitors, in consultation with the Virginia National Guard.  The financial assistance for the military scholarship cadets must be entirely from federal funds, Virginia National Guard funds, or private gifts that do not have matching requirements.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Admission of state cadets at the Virginia Military Institute. Amends provisions for the admission of state cadets to provide that, upon evidence of fair moral character, sufficient state cadets, selected from the Commonwealth at large, must be admitted by the VMI Board of Visitors. Currently, at least fifty state cadets are selected from each senatorial district and from the Commonwealth at large. The measure also provides for military scholarship cadets. Up to 40 such cadets are to be admitted by the Board of Visitors to receive financial aid in exchange for a commitment to serve as a commissioned officer in the Virginia National Guard for a term in accordance with Guard policy and regulation.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Admission of state cadets at the Virginia Military Institute.  Reduces the minimum number of state cadets admitted annually to VMI free of charge for board and tuition from 50 to 40 and gives authority to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate to select state cadets. Currently, 40 state cadets are selected, one from each of the senatorial districts, and 10 are chosen from the Commonwealth at large. The bill also requires that state cadets agree to serve as commissioned officers in the Virginia National Guard for at least four years. Currently, state cadets can satisfy their obligation to the Commonwealth for free board and tuition by teaching at a Virginia school for two years, by serving an enlistment in the Virginia National Guard, by serving as an engineer for the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the Department of Health for two years, by serving on active duty as a member of the United States armed services for two years, by entering medical school and practicing medicine in a rural community in Virginia for two years, or, with approval of the Board of Visitors, by serving as an employee of the Commonwealth for two years.