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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Higher Education

Edwards (Chairman), Saslaw, Quayle, Ruff, Locke

Clerk: Patty Lung, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: J.Eades, N.Cheuk
Date of Meeting: January 20, 2011
Time and Place: Thursday, 2:30 PM, 3 W Conf. Rm, General Assembly Building

S.B. 939 Visitors, boards of; adds two members to each public college and university.

Patron: Miller, J.C.

Boards of visitors; adding two members.  Adds two members to the boards of visitors of each public college and university, to be chosen by the other members.

S.B. 1074 In-state tuition; National Guard.

Patron: Barker

In-state tuition; National Guard.  Provides in-state tuition for any person who met the requirements for in-state tuition prior to being called to active duty in the National Guard of another state following completion of active duty service if during active duty that person maintained one or more of the following in Virginia rather than in another state or jurisdiction: a driver's license, motor vehicle registration, voter registration, employment, property ownership, or sources of financial support. The bill contains an emergency clause.

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S.B. 1110 University of Virginia; management agreement.

Patron: Wampler

University of Virginia; management agreement.  Clarifies that the University of Virginia is authorized to make full use of the additional financial and operational authority granted to it in its management agreement in providing assistance to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.

S.B. 1279 Eligibility for in-state tuition charges.

Patron: McWaters

Eligibility for in-state tuition charges.  Ensures that the established Virginia domicile of a spouse of an active duty military service member, and therefore in-state tuition eligibility, must not be affected by the establishment and maintenance of a place of residence in another jurisdiction for the purpose of maintaining a joint household with such member. The bill also provides that the spouse of an active duty military service member, if such spouse has established domicile and claimed a dependent student on federal or state income tax returns, must not be subject to minimum income tests or requirements.

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