An in-state tuition cap? House bill advances saying colleges can't raise rates
A move to cap Virginia’s in-state tuition at this year’s rates gained more traction Wednesday.
House Bill 351, from Del. David Reid, D-Ashburn, would cap tuition rates at Virginia’s public colleges for the next four years at the 2017-18 rate charged to students. The bill was reported 15-4 out of the House of Delegates Education Committee and will now head to the chamber’s Appropriations Committee.
Some Virginia public colleges, such as the College of William & Mary, already have versions of this in place.
The William & Mary Promise says the tuition rate paid by first-year students is the same rate they will pay all four years. Incoming students next year, for example, will pay 6.5 percent more — $17,434 — than the freshman class this year. The class will pay $17,434 each year.
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