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The Code of Virginia specifies several ways that a student may be eligible for in-state tuition rates. Students are eligible if they are domiciliary residents of Virginia or if they qualify under one of the exception provisions, including an exception for military spouses and dependents.
Military Spouses and Dependent Children
Eligibility: As the spouse or dependent child of an active duty military service member, you are eligible for in-state tuition if:
a. the active duty service member is assigned to a permanent
duty station in Virginia; and
b. you reside in Virginia.
Supporting documentation: For spouses of military service members and their dependents:
a. proof (e.g., military orders) of spouse's active duty status and permanent duty assignment in Virginia,
b. verification of military member and dependent's residence in
Virginia (e.g., driver's license, or any number of ways of
demonstrating residency in Virginia, such as a copy of a utility
bill, a lease, etc.), and
c. dependent military ID card.
Eligibility Details: Virginia State Law HB695 provides guidance for obtaining in-state tuition for military dependents.
Military Service Members
Military members may be eligible for in-state tuition rates if the member establishes domicile in Virginia. A person's domicile is his or her present, fixed home to which he or she returns following temporary absences and at which he or she intends to stay indefinitely. Intent to establish domicile may be supported by actions such as changing the LES to reflect Virginia withholding, registering to vote, obtaining a Virginia driver's license, registering cars in Virginia, etc. For these persons, the requisite one-year waiting period prior to being eligible for in-state tuition is waived.
(Note: To initiate payment of Virginia income tax, military members should contact their military pay office and complete a DD Form 2058 in duplicate. Service members can verify completion of the DD2058 by presenting to the college an LES showing Virginia as their tax situs or a letter from their command verifying the change of tax situs to Virginia. Additionally, supporting factors must be put in place while on active duty.)
Military members who do not establish domicile prior to separation are subject to the one-year waiting period. These individuals must present factors of support that have existed for one year prior to the term for which they seek in-state tuition. For detailed information contact the Enrollment Services/Admissions Center on the campus you plan to attend.
Military members who elect not to establish Virginia domicile may be eligible for in-state tuition rates through Special Arrangement Contracts (SACs) between the colleges or universities and the military, typically through the use of Tuition Assistance.
Admission Procedures for Military Personnel, Spouses and Dependent Children
TCC On-Base Military Office Locations Providing Student Enrollment Services
In-state Tuition Department of Defense News Highlights:
provides information regarding eligibility of active duty military service members and their families for in-state college tuition rates in home state or duty assignment. |
