Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and mandatory fees charged to Virginia students.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on how colleges should manage fee increases within the three percent limit.

Rules for Tuition and Fees at Public Colleges in Virginia

This law sets rules about how much public colleges can charge Virginia students for tuition and fees, including essential student services fees.

What This Bill Does

• Makes all fees associated with essential student services part of the total tuition and mandatory education and general fees charged to Virginia students.
• Limits yearly increases in non-education and general fees to no more than three percent of the total fees charged for the previous academic year.

Who It Names or Affects

• Virginia students at public colleges and universities
• Public institutions of higher education in Virginia

Terms To Know

essential student services

Services like health care, immigration support, and technology that are important for a student's success.

mandatory non-education and general fees

Fees required by the college but not part of regular tuition or education costs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact impact on students' total expenses is unclear.
• It does not specify how colleges should manage fee increases within the three percent limit.

Official Summary Text

Public institutions of higher education; tuition and mandatory fees charged to Virginia students.
Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the general appropriation act, law, regulation, or policy to the contrary, (i) for the purpose of state support for Virginia students at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, all fees associated with essential student services, including fees for student health services, student immigration services, and student technology services, shall be considered part of the tuition and mandatory education and general fees charged to such students and (ii) no public institution of higher education shall annually increase the total of all mandatory non-education and general fees charged to Virginia students by more than three percent of the total of such fees charged to Virginia students for the immediately preceding academic year.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to establish certain requirements relating to tuition and mandatory fees charged to Virginia students at public institutions of higher education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.
§ 1.
Notwithstanding
Budget Item

4-2.01
(b)(8)
of
Chapter 725 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025
or any other provision of the general appropriation act, law, regulation, or policy to the contra
ry:

1.
For the purpose of state support for Virginia students at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth,
all fees associated with
essential student services, including
fees for student health services,
student immigration services, and student technology service
s, shall be considered part of the tuition and
mandatory education and general fees charged to such students; and

2.
No public institution of higher education shall annually
increase the
total of all mandatory non-education and general fees
charged to Virginia students by more than three percent of the total of such
fees charged to Virginia stude
nts for the immediately preceding academic year.