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Member Advisory—Updated April 17, 2006 HACU’s Official Position of In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students HACU has for several years supported the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act), currently included in several bills in play in the U.S. Senate. By the same token, HACU supports the enactment of state and federal laws that facilitate higher education access and financial assistance for undocumented students across the nation. We applaud those states that have legislated in-state tuition for undocumented students who reside and have graduated from high schools in those states. Access to postsecondary education benefits society as a whole through increased earnings and taxes. It is unfair to deny these students access to higher education in the country in which many have grown up. Many of these students are here to stay and should have the opportunity to go to college and make their contribution to their adopted home. Below is a table outlining the ten states that currently offer in-state tuition to undocumented students. System and institutional policy may also play a role in other states in regard to this issue. In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrant Students Since 2001, ten states have passed laws permitting certain undocumented students who have attended and graduated from their primary and secondary schools to pay the same tuition as their classmates at public institutions of higher education.
Information provided by: Krueger, Carl. “In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants,” Education Commission of the States, April 2005. http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/61/00/6100.htm Miksch, Karen L. “Legal Issues in Developmental Education: Immigrant Students and the Dream Act.” Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, Fall 2005. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4116/is_200510/ai_n15743514 |