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Education Committee Studies Bill
To Toughen In-State Requirements

By JOHN EPPS

A bill that would toughen
in-state requirements for lower
tuition rates for University
students is now before the
State Senate Committee on
Education and Health.

Sponsored by State Sens.
John N. Dalton, Herbert B.
Bateman and J. Harry Michael
Jr., the bill has a wide base of
support at the State Capitol,
according to University Vice
President for Public Affairs
Edwin M. Crawford.

Mr. Crawford said the bill is
one "the University is
supporting... to clarify what
constitutes domicile."

The bill would have three
effects, according to Assistant
Attorney General William
Broaddus. It would "delete the
requirements for residency,"
aid married women who move
out of the state with their
husbands, and cut down on the
number of people who move
into the state for educational
purposes.

University Legal Advisor,
Neill H. Alford Jr. said
yesterday that the bill would
have little or no effect on
practices at the University. Mr.
Alford said the University has
been applying the guidelines set
down by the bill for some
time.

This would mean, he said,
that the University would not
receive a substantial increase in
tuition money.

"I don't think it will make
much difference in dollars,"
Mr. Alford said. "We have
been applying these rules all
along."

The advantage of this bill,
he said, is that it will clarify
exactly what is meant by
"domicile."

The bill would protect
women who are Virginia
residents at the time of their
marriage. They will be eligible
for lower tuition until they
"abandon (their) Virginia
domicile other than through
any presumption of law
attaching to the ceremony of
marriage."

Mr. Alford said this is
basically what the State
Attorney General Andrew P.
Miller called for in his recent
definition of domicile.

Day Progress

State Senator J. Harry Michael Jr.

The bill is a Governor's bill,
having been introduced by
Governor Linwood A. Holton.
Mr. Holton did this at the
University's request.

Mr. Alford said that state
supported institutions all
support the bill.

The bill is presently in
committee, but it is expected
to be brought to a vote very
soon, according to Mr.
Broaddus.