The U.S. Supreme Court is considering challenging California’s policy of granting in-state tuition to qualified undocumented students.
Though the state’s AB 540 allows for these students to pay in-state tuition, the bill AB 131 would allow these students to be granted financial aid.
On May 27, the State Assembly passed the legislation by a vote of 46-25 and now goes to the State Senate for a vote.
Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) authored the bill, which allows “students provided in-state tuition under AB 540 to also participate in financial aid programs,” said Scott Lay, president and CEO of the Community College League of California, in an e-mail interview.
The bill would exempt a student who has graduated or attended a California high school for three or more years from paying nonresident tuition at public colleges in California.
“California law provides in-state tuition to a limited groups of students who graduate from California high school but aren’t citizens,” Lay said.
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