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Senate advances residency bill to ease in‑state tuition for nearby nonresidents, with opt‑out authority for institutions
Summary
H.B. 118 would reestablish a one‑year residency baseline for in‑state tuition while allowing individual institutions to require up to three years; the bill passed the Senate for third reading after debate on eligibility criteria and protections for international students.
Senator Hilliard presented H.B. 118 to restore a one‑year residency rule for in‑state tuition and to clarify objective evidence that a student is a Utah resident (such as Utah high‑school graduation, voter registration, employment and 12 months of rental or utility records). The bill preserves institutional discretion to require a longer residency period of up…
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