BUT CAN YOU HELP?
Hopefully Kilgore will defeat this Del. Darner. BTW, does she represent your district at George Mason?
"Because an undomiciled alien is not lawfully present in the United States, and is therefore subject to deportation, undocumented aliens, cannot as a matter of law meet Virginia's statutory requirement" for in-state tuition consideration, Mr. Kilgore wrote in the memo to state college administrators.Mr. Kilgore says current law is sufficient in Virginia but issued the memo in response to questions from the administrators as to whom they could accept and what those students should pay.
Delegate Thelma Drake, Norfolk Republican, has drafted a bill supporting the attorney general's position and opposing the Darner legislation.
She said it doesn't make sense to give people who are in the country illegally a break on tuition when the thousands of military families stationed temporarily in Virginia are asked to pay out-of-state tuition.
Many of the people who live in her Tidewater district are military spouses and dependents who often take courses at local colleges. Because most keep their residences in other states, they are not eligible for in-state rates.
"Why should we let those who are here illegally pay the lower rate?" she asked.
The difference in rate between in-state and out-of-state tuition can be substantial. Virginia Tech charges $480.24 for three credit hours for in-state students, and $1,682.49 for out-of-state students. The Northern Virginia Community College system charges $169.69 for in-state students and $607.41 for out-of-state students.
The state subsidizes the cost of each student enrolled in Virginia colleges and universities to the tune of about $6,000 a year.