A bill that makes undocumented students in Connecticut eligible for in-state tuition at state colleges was passed Tuesday.
The state Senate approved the bill, a statewide version of the national DREAM Act that failed to pass Congress in December, by a vote of 21 to 14 over an eight-hour Republican filibuster, the Connecticut Mirror reported. In a press release, Gov. Dannel Malloy praised the bill as “common sense” and said he would sign it into law.
“At a time when we need to be helping our state’s young men and women prepare for an ever-changing economy and compete with their counterparts in China, Japan and elsewhere, helping to make a college degree more accessible and affordable for those students who choose to pursue one is critically important,” Malloy said in the release.
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