Tuition Discrimmination in Grand Rapids, Michigan
While Americans are paying for illegal immigrants college educations, U.S. citizens students cannot even change there address without penalty. My daughter tried to change her address from out of area to in the city at Grand Rapids Community College; which she attends full time. This is the CLINCHER! She was told at the Dean's 0ffice that she would have to quite school for 6 months in order to prove that she has resided at that address; as their" invisible "policy requires. Is this even legal? I would like to know the names of the 9 states that allow the absurdity of giving illegal immigrants in-state tuition.
Re: Tuition Discrimmination in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Originally Posted by Loribeth
While Americans are paying for illegal immigrants college educations, U.S. citizens students cannot even change there address without penalty. My daughter tried to change her address from out of area to in the city at Grand Rapids Community College; which she attends full time. This is the CLINCHER! She was told at the Dean's 0ffice that she would have to quite school for 6 months in order to prove that she has resided at that address; as their" invisible "policy requires. Is this even legal? I would like to know the names of the 9 states that allow the absurdity of giving illegal immigrants in-state tuition.
I don't know how legal it is but that's their residency policy:
http://www.grcc.cc.mi.us/ShowPage.cfm?PageID=50
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Resident tuition is assessed for:
* All students whose home has been maintained within the Kent Intermediate School District (KISD) for no less than six consecutive months prior to the start date of the semester (including Summer semester) for which the student is in attendance. Any time spent in attendance at any college in the area will not count toward these six months.
* Any student who lives with his/her family and the family has purchased a home in which they will live within the boundaries of the KISD.
* Any student who has attended GRCC for two years while living within the KISD and who has paid non-resident tuition during that time.
As for states that give illegals in-state tuition:
http://finaid.org/otheraid/undocumented.phtml
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Several states -- Texas, California, New York, Utah, Illinois, Washington, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas -- have passed state laws providing in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens who have attended high school in the state for three or more years. Similar legislation is pending in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland (legislation passed, but awaiting governor's signature), Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. (Wisconsin also passed such a law, but the governor vetoed it.) Also, some schools in Georgia provide in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens. The Texas law also allows illegal aliens to receive state student financial aid.