HB 1120

Abstract

Public institutions of higher education; admission, in-state tuition, and tuition waivers; members of certain AmericanIndian tribes. Requires each public institution of higher educationto establish and implement an admissions policy whereby a certainnumber of annual offers of student admission is reserved for individualswho are members of a state-recognized or federally recognized American Indian tribe that is headquartered in the Commonwealth. The billdeclares eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicileany non-Virginia student who is a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized American Indian tribe that is headquarteredin the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that any student whois a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized AmericanIndian tribe headquartered in the Commonwealth and who has been admittedto a public institution of higher education is eligible for a tuitionwaiver up to the amount necessary to cover the last-dollar cost ofthe institution's in-state tuition and mandatory fees after all other federal and state financial aid to which the student is entitledis taken into account.