Illegals to lose in-state tuition - Georgia

“High-achieving students who grew up in Georgia but are in the country illegally soon wont qualify for in-state tuition on state campuses.

Burns Newsome, an associate vice chancellor who acts as the Board of Regents attorney, has advised the presidents of Georgias public universities to stop granting so-called tuition “waivers” to students who may have high grades but lack legal resident status. That means such students will have to pay the much higher out-of-state tuition rate.

The change is necessary, Newsome says, to comply with SB 529, considered one of the nations most aggressive attempts to confront illegal immigration at the state level. Signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue in April, the measure orders state agencies and institutions to make sure they are in compliance with all federal immigration laws by July.”

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