Wow! This sounds great, but I have to wonder about the costs for that assurance and what the schools feel about it.

By my math, about 8400 high school graduates would qualify for this plan each year, assuming they complete the public service. Combined, U.VA. and William and Mary have about 6700 spaces. What if everyone wants to go to one or the other of those two schools? Are we going to stop admitting out of state students? If so, where will the people from New York and New Jersey go to school?

The focus on grade point average creates a disincentive for students taking honors, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) and other challenging high school courses in which students tend to receive lower grades. Some high schools, such as Fairfax, give students a half letter grade for taking AP and IB courses. But this incentive may be overridden by the bill’s guarantee of admission if a kid has a high grade point.

Of course the sponsor is from Northern Virginia, where people are convinced there's a quota governing their admission to UVa and W&M.

To add to Spotter's comment, this will impact the budget at the schools dramatically. Out of state tuition money is pretty important to our state schools. Get ready for larger class sizes, crowded dorms...it all trickles down.

Did the sponsors of this bill crunch any numbers before they threw this together?