2017 School Financial Aid Policies Towards Undocumented Students
Happy New Year. We are living in the wild west of policies for undocumented students, as our incoming president may undo federal support. We hope that the 20 states that allow in-state tuition, continue, and that colleges continue to support undocumented students. We also hope that the many colleges that award in-state and domestic tuition and scholarships to undocumented students keep doing so even if or when DACA is eliminated.
Thanks to NCSL (
http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/tuition-benefits-for-immigrants.aspx)for these stats.
“Currently, 20 states offer in-state tuition to unauthorized immigrant students, 16 by state legislative action and four by state university systems. Sixteen state legislatures—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington—enacted laws to allow in-state tuition benefits for certain unauthorized immigrant students. These laws typically require attendance and graduation at state high schools, acceptance at a state college or university, and promising to apply for legal status as soon as eligible. At least four state university systems—the University of Hawaii Board of Regents, University of Michigan Board of Regents, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and Rhode Island’s Board of Governors for Higher Education—established policies to offer in-state tuition rates to unauthorized immigrant students.
https://getmetocollege.org/financial-aid/info-for-undocumented-students/school-policies-towards-undocumented-students
