The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education tabled a bill extending in-state tuition to out-of-state members of federally recognized Virginia tribes, citing competing budget pressures, while reporting three other higher education bills and continuing a Hampton University land-grant restoration bill to the 2027 session.
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Mr. Maggio presented a figure of approximately 80 individuals as eligible, which formed the basis of the fiscal analysis. Thomas Badamo disputed this from testimony, stating 'from the dais, I believe the number was misstated as 80 students per year. I believe it's 20 per year and was identified as 80 total over the next four years. That would be children from the seven federal tribes that would come of age.' Jackson Martingale similarly argued 'the fiscal impact is not going to be 80 per year for the next four years. Again, that is 20 people graduating per year would be eligible.'
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“This bill is mostly a symbolic gesture because we know there are less than 20 students a year who graduate, who are federally recognized tribal members who live out of state.”
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Sign in to subscribeHouse Appropriations Subcommittee of Higher Education together calling to order. Clerk, will please open the roll. We have a quorum. Thank you, committee members. We'll turn it over to our analyst, Mr. Maggio. Madam Chair, first bill is House Bill 287. Delegate Simons Bill. And I know that there are some line amendments that she has. Oh, I'm sorry, I moved the amendments. Yeah. All in favor? Aye. All right, the line amendments have been voted on. And now Mr. Maggio. So what the bill does is it makes. It makes any non Virginia student who is a member of or citizen of a federally recognized tribe and enrolled in an undergraduate degree program eligible for in state tuition. The bill also allows the governing boards to charge in state tuition to those students that are in graduate programs or first professional programs. Further, what the bill does is that under that code section is that it would provide for those individuals to then be recognized in terms of enrollment as in state students. Thank you. Any questions from members of the committee? Madam Chair, I do have a question I'm looking at. I just wonder if Tony could highlight…
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