Virginia Senate Bill 1068 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Education and Health
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Higher education; in-state tuition. Provides that if Higher education; in-state tuition. Provides that if the Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, from January 1 through December 31 of the year immediately preceding the affected academic year, is less than or equal to zero, no governing board of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education shall increase the in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students for such academic year. The bill provides that if the CPI-U is greater than zero, (i) the governing board of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which the in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students does not meet or exceed the average undergraduate tuition rate across all baccalaureate public institutions of higher education may increase the in-state tuition rate in an amount not to exceed the product of the CPI-U and the average undergraduate tuition rate across all baccalaureate public institutions of higher education and (ii) the governing board of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education at which the in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students meets or exceeds the average undergraduate tuition rate across all baccalaureate public institutions of higher education may increase the in-state tuition rate at a percentage not to exceed the CPI-U. The bill also provides that the foregoing provisions shall apply to the Virginia Community College System if the tuition charged to any Virginia student at a comprehensive community college meets or exceeds the lowest in-state tuition rate charged to undergraduate students at a baccalaureate public institution of higher education.

Higher education; in-state tuition.

Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]

2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	Senate	Left in Education and Health
2020-02-06	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2020-01-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-17	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20105468D

SB1068 (Carry Over) 2020-02-06 - Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	1301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1068
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1068+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S04C0151+SB1068