Bill Text: WV SB187 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-17 - To Finance [SB187 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB187-Comm_Sub.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 187
Senators Weld, Hamilton, Baldwin, and Pitsenbarger, original sponsors
[Originating in the Committee on Education; reported on January 17, 2020]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-10-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to in-state residency tuition rates; providing that nonresident members of a reserve unit in West Virginia qualify as residents for purposes of determining tuition rates; removing the requirement that members of the National Guard participate in the National Guard Education Services Program; and providing that current members of the United States armed forces who reside in West Virginia qualify as residents for purposes of determining tuition rates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-1a. Resident
tuition rates for National Guard members of the National Guard,
Reserve, and armed forces.
(a) The term “resident” or
“residency”, or any other term or expression used to designate a West Virginia
resident student, when used to determine the rate of tuition to be charged
students attending community colleges and state-related and state-owned state
institutions of higher education shall be construed to include members the
following:
(1) Members of the National Guard or Reserve who are not
residents of West Virginia but who are active members of a National Guard or
Reserve unit in West Virginia; who are participating in the National
Guard Education Services Program and
(2) Current members of the United States armed forces who reside in West Virginia.
(b) A member of the
National Guard who qualifies as a resident A person who qualifies as a
resident, as that term is defined in subsection (a) of this section, on the
first day of the semester or term of the college or institution, shall be
charged resident tuition rates.
(c) The provisions of this section apply at the beginning of the semester or term immediately following the effective date of this section.
