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    States clarify tuition policies for undocumented students

    States clarify tuition policies for undocumented students

    By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY
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    New laws clarifying tuition charges for undocumented immigrants at public colleges are poised to go into effect in three states this summer, bringing to 13 the number of states that allow such students to pay lower, in-state rates and to five the number that forbid it.

    Maryland will join 11 other states this summer in allowing undocumented immigrants attending public colleges to pay in-state tuition, and Connecticut's governor has said he will sign a similar bill passed last month in that state. Indiana's governor has signed legislation making it the fifth state to deny the lower resident rates to such students.

    Illinois, which already grants a tuition break to undocumented students, just passed a bill that will make it easier for them to receive financial aid. And California may soon pass a similar proposal.

    The recent burst of activity marks a departure from last year, when 18 states considered 34 bills — eight supporting tuition breaks and 26 opposing them — but none passed.

    As in previous years, the issue remains divisive. Undocumented students in Indiana last month were arrested while protesting the new policy.

    A petition drive is underway in Maryland to block the law from going into effect July 1. Connecticut lawmakers debated for nearly nine hours before passing the bill.

    "I honestly don't know if there is an issue out there that is more emotionally charged," says Dan Hurley, director of state relations for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

    Immigrants-rights groups say tuition breaks would make college more affordable for more than 65,000 undocumented students graduating each year from U.S. high schools. At the University of Maryland, for example, the sticker price last year was $8,416 for in-state students and $24,831 for non-residents.

    Federal legislation that would grant legal status to undocumented students who go to college or into the military has been introduced several times — most recently this spring — in Congress but has never passed. President Obama has said he would sign such legislation.

    Among developments this year:

    •Oregon and Rhode Island are among states still considering education benefits for undocumented students, and an Alabama proposal to deny resident tuition rates has passed the House and Senate. Measures to either grant or deny tuition breaks have died in at least six states.

    •Though a Georgia bill to ban undocumented enrollments didn't pass, the University System of Georgia's board of regents OK'd a plan, to go into effect this fall, that bans undocumented students from state public universities that have turned away other academically qualified students in the past two years.

    •A Montana measure that passed this year will allow voters to decide in November 2012 whether to deny public university benefits to undocumented college students.

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    •A Montana measure that passed this year will allow voters to decide in November 2012 whether to deny public university benefits to undocumented college students.

    We need full details on this measure in Montana.

    The American Resistance in Maryland is also trying to get this reversed by taking it to ballot initiative. We need to help them in both states and perhaps we can set a big precedent and drop the number back down to 11.

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    College tuition rates for immigrants still an issue in many state


    New laws clarifying tuition charges for undocumented immigrants at public colleges are poised to go into effect in three states this summer, bringing to 13 the number of states that allow such students to pay lower, in-state rates and to five the number that forbid it.

    Maryland will join 11 other states this summer in allowing undocumented immigrants attending public colleges to pay in-state tuition, and Connecticut's governor has said he will sign a similar bill passed last month in that state. Indiana's governor has signed legislation making it the fifth state to deny the lower resident rates to such students.

    Illinois, which already grants a tuition break to undocumented students, just passed a bill that will make it easier for them to receive financial aid. And California soon may pass a similar proposal.

    The recent burst of activity marks a departure from last year, when 18 states considered 34 bills — eight supporting tuition breaks and 26 opposing them — but none passed.

    As in previous years, the issue remains divisive. Undocumented students in Indiana last month were arrested while protesting the new policy.

    A petition drive is under way in Maryland to block the law from going into effect July 1. Connecticut lawmakers debated for nearly nine hours before passing the bill.

    "I honestly don't know if there is an issue out there that is more emotionally charged," says Dan Hurley, director of state relations for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

    Immigrants-rights groups say tuition breaks would make college more affordable for more than 65,000 undocumented students graduating each year from U.S. high schools. At the University of Maryland, for example, the sticker price last year was $8,416 for in-state students and $24,831 for non-residents.

    A 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decisions requires states to make a K-12 public education available to all students, but ambiguities in federal law have left it up to states to decide how to handle education beyond high school. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a California Supreme Court decision last November upholding the state's tuition breaks for undocumented students.


    Federal legislation that would grant legal status to undocumented students who go to college or into the military has been introduced several times — most recently this spring — in Congress but has never passed. President Obama has said he would sign such legislation.

    At the state level, "you see almost equal activity on either side," says Brenda Bautsch, an education policy specialist at the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks legislation.

    Among developments this year:

    -Oregon and Rhode Island are among states still considering education benefits for undocumented students, and an Alabama proposal to deny resident tuition rates has passed the House and Senate. Measures to either grant or deny tuition breaks have died in at least six states.

    -Though a Georgia bill to ban undocumented enrollments didn't pass, the University System of Georgia's board of regents OK'd a plan, to go into effect this fall, that bans undocumented students from state public universities that have turned away other academically qualified students in the past two years.

    -A Montana measure that passed this year will allow voters to decide in November 2012 whether to deny public university benefits to undocumented college students.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ALIPAC
    •A Montana measure that passed this year will allow voters to decide in November 2012 whether to deny public university benefits to undocumented college students.

    We need full details on this measure in Montana.

    The American Resistance in Maryland is also trying to get this reversed by taking it to ballot initiative. We need to help them in both states and perhaps we can set a big precedent and drop the number back down to 11.

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    Montana's House Bill 638 also passed the legislature and was chaptered in May 2011. Montana's bill puts a referendum on the 2012 ballot asking voters to decide if the state should deny services to illegal immigrants. Included in the bill is whether to deny illegal immigrants access to public universities and financial aid.
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    2011 Montana Legislature

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    HOUSE BILL NO. 638

    INTRODUCED BY D. HOWARD


    AN ACT DENYING CERTAIN STATE-FUNDED SERVICES TO ILLEGAL ALIENS; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING A PERSON'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS; PROVIDING THAT THE PROPOSED ACT BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE.



    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:



    Section 1. Certain state services denied to illegal aliens. (1) To the extent allowed by federal law and the Montana constitution and notwithstanding any other state law, a state agency may not provide a state service to an illegal alien and shall comply with the requirements of this section.

    (2) To determine whether an applicant for a state service is an illegal alien, the agency may use the systematic alien verification for entitlements program provided by the United States department of homeland security or any other lawful method of making the determination.

    (3) A state agency shall notify appropriate personnel in immigration and customs enforcement under the United States department of homeland security or its successor of any illegal alien applying for a state service.

    (4) An agency shall require a person seeking a state service to provide proof of United States citizenship or legal alien status.

    (5) A state agency shall execute any written agreement required by federal law to implement this section.

    (6) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:

    (a) "Agency" means a department, board, commission, committee, authority, or office of the legislative or executive branches of state government, including a unit of the Montana university system.

    (b) "Illegal alien" means an individual who is not a citizen of the United States and who has unlawfully entered or remains unlawfully in the United States.

    (c) "State service" means a payment of money, the grant of a state license or permit, or the provision of another valuable item or service under any of the following programs and provisions of law:

    (i) employment with a state agency;

    (ii) qualification as a student in the university system for the purposes of a public education, as provided in 20-25-502;

    (iii) student financial assistance, as provided in Title 20, chapter 26;

    (iv) issuance of a state license or permit to practice a trade or profession, as provided in Title 37;

    (v) unemployment insurance benefits, as provided in Title 39, chapter 51;

    (vi) vocational rehabilitation, as provided in Title 53, chapter 7;

    (vii) services for victims of crime, as provided in Title 53, chapter 9;

    (viii) services for the physically disabled, as provided in Title 53, chapter 19, parts 3 and 4;

    (ix) a grant, as provided in Title 90.



    Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 1, chapter 1, part 4, and the provisions of Title 1, chapter 1, part 4, apply to [section 1].



    Section 3. Coordination instruction. If House Bill No. 534 is passed and approved, then [this act] is void.



    Section 4. Severability. If a part of [this act] is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of [this act] is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications.



    Section 5. Effective date. If approved by the electorate, [this act] is effective January 1, 2013.



    Section 6. Applicability. [This act] applies to the provision of a state service, as defined in [section 1], applied for or intended to be made on or after January 1, 2013.



    Section 7. Submission to the electorate. [This act] shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the general election to be held in November 2012 by printing on the ballot the full title of [this act] and the following:

    [] FOR denying certain state services to illegal aliens.

    [] AGAIN ST denying certain state services to illegal aliens.
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