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From the ECS State Policy Database
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
NHSigned into law 06/2012Postsec.Legal Residency for In-State Tuition Status
H.B. 1383
Requires every student admitted to the university system of New Hampshire after December 31, 2012 and receiving the in-state rate of tuition...

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TXAdopted 02/2012Postsec.Affidavits of Undocumented Immigrants Enrolling in Postsecondary Institutions
19 TAC 21.30
Creates new s.21.30, concerning Special Procedures for Documenting Compliance. From Texas Register: "Specifically, the new section addresses...

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CASigned into law 10/2011Postsec.Financial Aid, Student Fees for Undocumented Immigrants
A.B. 131
From bill summary: Existing law requires that a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien, who has attended high school in California for 3 o...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Resident for Determining Tuition
H.B. 153 - Resident for Determining Tuition
Requires that the chancellor's rules for determining student residency for purposes of determining tuition costs must grant residency status...

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ALTo governor 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
K-12 and Postsecondary Education Services and Illegal Aliens
H.B. 56
Specifies that verification of lawful presence in the U.S. must not be required for K-12 education. However, requires public schools to dete...

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INSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.Resident Tuition
H.B. 1402
Provides that an individual who is not lawfully in the United States is not eligible to pay the resident tuition rate that is determined by ...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12
Postsec.
California Dream Act of 2010
S.B. 1460
From bill summary: Enacts the California Dream Act of 2010. As of July 1, 2011, exempts a person who has attended, for 3 or more years, at l...

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CAVetoed 09/2010Postsec.Student Financial Aid
A.B. 1413
Effective July 1, 2011: Provides that persons who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition (per section 68130.5 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/...

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COSigned into law 05/2008Postsec.
Community College
Classification of Student for In-state Tuition
S.B. 79
Provides assignment of in-state student tuition classification to a student who is a United States citizen who has attended high school or c...

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CTVetoed 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Tuition for Undocumented Students
H.B. 5656
Concerning college tuition for undocumented immigrants committed to the care and custody of the department of children and families; require...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Scholarship Eligibility for Children of Military Personnel
S.B. 5A
Provides an exception from the 2-year residency requirement for students who have a parent or legal guardian on active duty serving in the A...

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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Tuition Grants and Legal Residency
H.B. 5307
Conditions eligibility for tuition grants to students enrolled in independent nonprofit institutions of higher learning on being a U.S. citi...

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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Financial Aid for Legal Residents
H.B. 5303
Conditions eligibility for state competitive scholarships on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www...

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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Tuition Differential Grants and Legal Residency
H.B. 5308
Conditions eligibility for tuition differential grants for students enrolled in independent nonprofit institutions of higher learning on bei...

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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Grants and Legal Residents
H.B. 5302
Conditions part-time independent student higher education grant program eligibility on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent re...

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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Graduate Student Work Study Eligibility and Legal Residents
H.B. 5304
Conditions eligibility for work-study programs for students attending graduate and professional graduate schools and employed by qualified e...

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MIVetoed 12/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Merit Award Scholarships and Legal Residency
H.B. 5309
Conditions eligibility for the Legislative Merit Award Scholarships on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Work Study Eligibility and Legal Residents
H.B. 5305
Conditions eligibility for work-study programs on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislatur...

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MIVetoed 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Grant Program Eligibility and Legal Residents
H.B. 5306
Conditions eligibility for the state Educational Opportunity Grant program on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency s...

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CAVetoed 09/2006Postsec.
Community College
In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
S.B. 160
Enacts the California Dream Act that requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California C...

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AZApproved by voters 06/2006Postsec.Prohibition of In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
V. 7 (Prop. 300)
(PROPOSITION SCR 1031-2006) Submits to the people of the State a measure relating to family literacy public program eligibility; prohibits e...

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NEGOVERNOR'S veto overridden by LEGISLATURE. 04/2006Postsec.Resident Status for Immigrants with Pending Immigration Status
L.B. 239
From the fiscal note: allow students to claim resident status if they have a petition pending with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization S...

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NMSigned into law 04/2005Postsec.
Community College
College Benefits
S.B. 582
"NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY FOR ADMISSION TO ANY PUBLIC
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION--NONDISCRIMINATION IN
ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION...

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RIPassed 07/2004Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondary Education Access
H.B. 7936
Bill as written would have prohibited the Board of Governors for Higher Education from denying admission to any state secondary institution ...

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KSSigned into law 05/2004Postsec.Postsecondary Educational Institutions
H.B. 2145
Concerns certain nonresidents deemed to be residents for purposes of tuition and other fees at postsecondary educational institutions; makes...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004Postsec.Tuition for Postsecondary Education
S.B. 200
Amend KRS 164.020 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education in defining in-state residency to include a student who met the residenc...

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ILSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Higher Education In-State Tuition
H.B. 60
Requires an individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States to be classified as an Illinois resident if they grad...

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OKSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Higher Education
S.B. 596
New section sets new standards for resident tuition. Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy which allow...

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WAVetoed 04/2003Postsec.Resident Tuition
H.B. 1079
Expands the definition of resident student for higher education purposes. Adds (e) Any person who has completed the full senior year of high...

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NYSigned into law 08/2002Postsec.Non-Resident Tuition, Immigrant Students
S.B. 7784
Provides that payment of state university of New York or City University of New York tuition by non-resident students who have attended two ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.Non-Resident Tuition
H.B. 331
The bill changes the period of continuous residence in Utah for a non-resident student prior to registering as a resident student. The impac...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Residency Requirements
H.B. 1403
Amends residency requirements. Act requires foreign citizens to pay the same tuition as out-of-state students unless they can establish res...

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CASigned into law 04/2001P-12
Postsec.
Exemption from Nonresident Tuition.
A.B. 540
This bill would require that a person, other than a nonimmigrant alien as defined, who has attended high school in California for 3 or
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NMSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.Definition of Residency
H.B. 375
Amends the definition of resident student for the purposes of assessing in-state tuition at a NM public college or university (Section 21-1-...

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