WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 307
By Senators Weld, Phillips, Stollings, Nelson, Rucker, Romano, and Plymale
[Introduced February 17, 2021;
referred
to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-10-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to in-state residency tuition rates; providing that nonresident members of a reserve unit in West Virginia qualify as residents for purposes of determining tuition rates; removing the requirement that members of the National Guard participate in the National Guard education services program; and providing that current members of the United States armed forces who reside in West Virginia qualify as residents for purposes of determining tuition rates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-1a. Resident
tuition rates for National Guard members of the National Guard, reserves,
and armed forces.
(a) The term “resident” or “residency”,
or any other term or expression used to designate a West Virginia resident
student, when used to determine the rate of tuition to be charged students
attending community colleges and state-related and state-owned state
institutions of higher education, shall be construed to include the
following:
(1) Members of the National Guard or reserves who are not
residents of West Virginia but who are active members of a National Guard or
reserve unit in West Virginia; who are participating in the National
Guard education services program and
(2) Current members of the United States armed forces who reside in West Virginia.
(b) A member of the
National Guard who qualifies as a resident A person who qualifies as a
resident, as that term is defined in subsection (a) of this section, on the
first day of the semester or term of the college or institution, shall be
charged resident tuition rates.
(c) The provisions of this section apply at the beginning of the semester or term immediately following the effective date of this section.