SB1233: Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

SENATE BILL NO. 1233

Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled January 9, 2013
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23-7.4:01, relating to eligibility for in-state tuition; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Patron-- Ebbin
Referred to Committee on Education and Health

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. Eligibility for 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 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, (ii) 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, (iii) he has resided in the Commonwealth for at least three years immediately preceding his registration as an entering student in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, and (iv) he has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of enrollment.