Just a couple points…
The agreement UVa has about the VA:OOS ratio isn’t a law, but was part of the charter agreement that was negotiated just before I got here. Every year, a few state legislators try to get a bill through that mandates a ratio, but it fails in appropriations.
The agreement is about the UVa population overall, so we don’t have to hit the ratio on the nose with each class, though we do try to.
Regarding how legacies are read, this isn’t a secret and we talk about it because some people assume they get Virginia privileges as OOS legacies (the tuition bill will make it obvious that they don’t have residency!). It’d be rare for this not to come up at an info session or evening program because it’s such a common question. I’ve probably answered the question half a dozen times in blog comments this season. 