HB1490: Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1490

Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled January 2, 2013
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23-7.4:01, relating to in-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Patron-- Kory

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23-7.4:01 as follows:

23-7.4:01. In-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

In addition to any other lawful status under federal and state law, a student shall be eligible for in-state tuition if (i) he has graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or has received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in the Commonwealth, (ii) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, and (iii) he has provided an affidavit to the public institution of higher education for which he has registered stating that he has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.