VA HB1191 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain individuals who have applied for asylum. Declares eligible for in-state tuition any individual who (i) attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education; (iii) registers as an entering student at or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education; (iv) provides an affidavit to the public institution of higher education at which he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled stating that he has filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services an application for asylum; and (v) submits evidence to the institution at which he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled 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 three years prior to the date of registration as an entering student or enrollment. The bill provides that any such individual shall remain eligible for in-state tuition for as long as he maintains continuous enrollment in the public institution of higher education and his application for asylum has not been denied.

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Title

Tuition, in-state; eligibility of certain individuals who have applied for asylum.

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History

DateChamberAction
2018-02-13HouseLeft in Rules
2018-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Rules
2018-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102756D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231506.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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