2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26104072D

HOUSE BILL NO. 436

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 12, 2026

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

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Patron—LeVere Bolling

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Referred to Committee on Education

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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 contrary:

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 services, 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 students for the immediately preceding academic year.