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    CT - Undocumented Students Are Denied Access to Institutional Aid

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    By Ray Hardman
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    A group of undocumented students in Connecticut is urging state higher education agencies to allow them access to a state financial aid program, known as institutional aid. But higher education officials said their hands are tied.

    Last month, Connecticut Students for a Dream, or C4D, filed a rulemaking petition with the Office of Higher Education, the Board of Regents, and the UConn Board of Trustees requesting that undocumented students be allowed access to institutional aid.

    Officials responded to the petition on Wednesday, saying they can't comply. They said they are bound by a federal law requiring states to decide on their own whether undocumented immigrants can receive state benefits, like financial aid for college.

    Claire Simonich of Yale Law School's Workers and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, which represents C4D, said higher education officials are misreading the federal law. "Connecticut courts have already long held that the regulations we've requested from agencies like the Office of Higher Education and the Board of Regents are state laws, and they carry the same force as statutes passed by the legislature," she said.

    C4D said that moving forward, they hope to convince higher education officials to voluntarily change their policy, and to allow undocumented students access to institutional aid. If that proves unfruitful, they hope to make the change either through legislation or litigation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    9:05 am
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    By Ray Hardman
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    A group of undocumented students in Connecticut is urging state higher education agencies to allow them access to a state financial aid program, known as institutional aid. But higher education officials said their hands are tied.

    Last month, Connecticut Students for a Dream, or C4D, filed a rulemaking petition with the Office of Higher Education, the Board of Regents, and the UConn Board of Trustees requesting that undocumented students be allowed access to institutional aid.

    Officials responded to the petition on Wednesday, saying they can't comply. They said they are bound by a federal law requiring states to decide on their own whether undocumented immigrants can receive state benefits, like financial aid for college.

    Claire Simonich of Yale Law School's Workers and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, which represents C4D, said higher education officials are misreading the federal law. "Connecticut courts have already long held that the regulations we've requested from agencies like the Office of Higher Education and the Board of Regents are state laws, and they carry the same force as statutes passed by the legislature," she said.

    C4D said that moving forward, they hope to convince higher education officials to voluntarily change their policy, and to allow undocumented students access to institutional aid. If that proves unfruitful, they hope to make the change either through legislation or litigation.

    http://wnpr.org/post/undocumented-st...titutional-aid
    well our usa kids can not get any( help it help the kids of usa first )

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    Quote Originally Posted by southBronx View Post
    well our usa kids can not get any( help it help the kids of usa first )
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    By the time the average highschool senior reaches 30, there will be no such thing as a 'usa' kid ..
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