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SB 935 Higher educational institutions, public; eligibility for in-state tuition.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public institutions of higher education; eligibility for in-state tuition. Provides that any student is eligible for in-state tuition who (i) attended high school for at least two years in the Commonwealth and either (a) graduated on or after July 1, 2008, from a public or private high school or program of home instruction in the Commonwealth or (b) passed, on or after July 1, 2008, a high school equivalency examination approved by the Secretary of Education; (ii) has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least two years prior to the date of registration or enrollment; and (iii) registers as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill states that students who meet these criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, except students with currently valid visas issued under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(F), 1101(a)(15)(H)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(J) (including only students or trainees), or 1101(a)(15)(M). Information obtained in the implementation of the provisions of the bill shall only be used or disclosed to individuals other than the student for purposes of determining in-state tuition eligibility. This bill is identical to HB 1547.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20104686D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106793D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB935ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20104686D
- 01/10/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106793D-S1
- 01/30/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106793D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB935S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/17/20 House: Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/19/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Read second time
- 02/24/20 House: Read third time
- 02/24/20 House: Passed House (56-Y 44-N)
- 02/24/20 House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB935ER)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- 03/10/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)