HB 1197

Abstract

Public institutions of higher education; certainstudents; eligibility for in-state tuition. Declares eligiblefor in-state tuition, regardless of domicile, any non-Virginia studentenrolled at a public institution of higher education, except theVirginia Military Institute, who (i) pays for at least the equivalentof four semesters or two academic years at the institution with fundsreceived pursuant to the federal Veterans' Access to Care throughChoice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 and thereafterexhausts eligibility for benefits under such act or (ii) demonstratesa commitment to pay for at least the equivalent of four semesters or two academic years at the institution with funds received pursuantto such act through an affidavit, provided that (a) any such studentmaintains continuous enrollment in the same degree program at thesame institution after he exhausts eligibility for such benefitsand (b) no such student shall remain eligible for in-state tuitioncharges for more than three years after he exhausts eligibility forsuch benefits or upon degree completion, whichever occurs first,unless he establishes domicile in the Commonwealth.