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    Colorado 14th state to allow in-state tuition for illegal aliens

    Lower tuition for immigrants becomes law in Colorado

    By IVAN MORENO Associated PressAssociated Press

    Posted: 04/29/2013 01:06:54 AM MDT

    April 29, 2013 8:28 PM GMTUpdated: 04/29/2013 02:28:20 PM MDT


    DENVER—Immigrant students living in the U.S. illegally will qualify for in-state tuition at Colorado colleges after Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the proposal into law Monday.

    Colorado is the fourteenth state to allow the immigrants who graduate from state high schools to attend colleges at the lower tuition rate.

    This month, a similar proposal was signed into law in Oregon.

    Texas was the first to pass such a measure in June 2001.

    Hickenlooper signed the bill at the Metropolitan State University of Denver as several hundred students, lawmakers and school officials watched.

    "This first step is going to be the first step to national immigration reform," he said.

    The bill allows students who graduate from Colorado high schools to attend college at the in-state rate, regardless of their immigration status. To qualify, students must also sign an affidavit saying they are seeking, or will seek, legal status in the U.S.

    The out-of-state rate immigrants in Colorado have been required to pay is sometimes more than three times higher than the in-state rate.

    Twenty-one-year-old Oscar Juarez, originally from Mexico City, has attended Metro State for two semesters. He moved to Colorado from Arizona after lawmakers there passed a strict immigration enforcement law a few years ago.

    "Now, being able to pay less, it's a lot easier, a lot less stressful," he said.

    Juarez said he's seen the opinions of the public and Colorado lawmakers change in recent years.

    "We saw the hatred from people, we've seen it go down," he said. "They're actually comprehending."

    The bill signing comes a decade after lawmakers first tried to pass the measure, which in the past has been opposed by both parties. This year, Democrats unanimously supported the bill and a handful of Republicans joined them.

    Other states that allow in-state tuition for immigrants in the country illegally include Utah and Connecticut.

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    Budget cuts nix $90 million in federal college aid

    By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press – 1 hr 17 mins ago...

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools near military bases and tribal lands will face a $60 million shortfall between now and September and aid to college students will be cut by almost $90 million, according to the Education Department's plan to carry out the automatic spending cuts mandated by Congress.

    In all, the Education Department lost $2.6 billion as part of failed budget negotiations that forced deep spending cuts to reduce the nation's debt. Every corner of the federal government has been slashing services to comply.

    "Budgets are never just numbers. They reveal our values. They reveal our value choices," Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters on Monday at an event to discuss prekindergarten programs. "You do not see our high-performing competitors defunding education and innovation via sequestration. Other nations, our international competitors, they keep their eye on the prize and they don't let dysfunctional politics create a man-made mess."

    Taken as a whole, the cuts could force fast changes at the end of the school year.

    For instance, areas where large portions of land are owned or managed by the government, such as military or tribal areas, receive more than $1 billion in federal aid annually to make up for the lack of land subject to property tax. Under the automatic budget cuts, that sum is being slashed about 5 percent.

    Students who work in college libraries, dining halls or elsewhere on campus will see a collective $51 million in work study aid cut. Separately, grants for needy students will be cut $38 million. Some $1.6 billion in college aid will remain, however.

    Most of the Education Department's cuts will translate to fewer dollars to pay salaries at the state and local levels. For instance, the department's plan cuts $20 million from a program designed to help students who move between states or countries during the school year catch up. Often, those students are children of migrant farmers who require additional help to get on the same page as their classmates.

    Separately, programs to help students learn English were slashed by $38 million.

    As implemented, the spending plan also will cut $28 million from the administration's "Race to the Top" competition that rewards states for implementing changes in how schools teach and students learn. Some $520 million, however, remains in that pot for states to try new approaches to boost student performance.

    An additional $13 million for charter schools and $5 million for magnet schools were expected to be cut, according to the budget outline.

    And the budget cuts would reduce student counseling services, school safety and community development efforts by $13 million.

    Across all agencies and departments, the reductions total $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The first-year cuts are $85 billion but many programs are exempt from the cuts such as Social Security and Pell grants.

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