Bill would allow new higher-ed tuition rates for dreamers
Legislation that would allow public universities and community colleges to set a new tuition rate for every student who graduates from an Arizona high school, regardless of immigration status, is ready to be considered by the full Senate.
Senate Bill 1217, as it was amended by a Senate committee, also exempts postsecondary education from the definition of a state or local public benefit.
While Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, bill mentions nothing in her bill about immigration status, SB 1217 will cover dreamers, a group of immigrant youth who have temporary protections from deportation.
Dreamers are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a temporary federal program created in 2012 for certain immigrants who arrived in the country as children. The issue of in-state tuition for dreamers in Arizona has been tense and emotional one.
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