butterbean
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 Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: Arizona's colleges struggling to enforce new tuition statute |
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PHOENIX - A new state law triples tuition for college students who are undocumented immigrants, forcing many of them to scramble to find private scholarships that don't require Social Security numbers, proof of legal residency or citizenship.
Some of the affected students say they'll try to raise money from businesses and nonprofits as the spring semester approaches.
But with classes two weeks away, some of those students fear they will be priced out of college. Others worry they will have to move to Mexico to attend school.
Arizona voters overwhelming approved Proposition 300 and three other immigration-related propositions in November's midterm election.
The statute requires undocumented immigrants to pay out-of-state tuition at the state's public universities and colleges, prohibits students from receiving any type of financial assistance that is funded with state money, and requires schools to determine and report to the Legislature how many undocumented immigrants are attending their schools.
Arizona universities and colleges check legal citizen status, so it is unknown how many undocumented students are enrolled. Hispanic activists and college students estimate the number to be in the high hundreds to low thousands.
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http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KVKLNews20070103_new-tuition-statute.368c777.html
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