I am a betting man, and I bet the Regents follow the lead of my friend Regent Larry Walker -- Georgia major player in national immigration debate
From the ajc:
Larry Walker, [a state] regent, said a solution must be be found to quell public outrage over [the issue of the admission of illegal immigrants into Georgia's public colleges], repeatedly referencing anger and frustrations expressed by Georgians after learning Kennesaw State University had awarded in-state tuition to an undocumented student.
The State Board of Regents formed [a 13-person committee to deal solely with residency and tuition involving undocumented students] after the Kennesaw student was found to be an illegal immigrant during a traffic stop and it was later determined she was paying the cheaper tuition, pushing Georgia into the forefront of an ongoing national debate. Illegal immigrants currently are allowed to attend the state's public colleges but must pay out-of-state tuition, which is at least three times greater than for residents.
The public fallout from the Kennesaw State incident forced the regents to review how colleges verify student residency and determine what to charge them for tuition. Some elected officials have demanded that these students be barred from public colleges. Similar debates have been held or will take place in Arizona, California and Massachusetts.
At the beginning of Monday's meeting, the first of a series of meetings that could extend into the fall, Chancellor Erroll Davis and the regents' attorney said the University System of Georgia is operating within the law.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said federal law does not bar illegal immigrants from attending public colleges. In a 2008 letter, the most recent federal guideline on the issue, the agency wrote that "individual states must decide for themselves whether or not to admit illegal aliens into their public post-secondary institutions." That letter said monetary-assisted benefits, such as work study programs or federally-subsidized Pell Grants, were prohibited.
In 2006, Georgia passed a lawordering the regents to make certain that universities don’t give benefits to illegal immigrants that are prohibited under federal law. Davis and the regents’ attorney concluded that the lower, taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition is such a benefit. Davis ordered colleges to stop giving undocumented students this benefit.
Larry Walker, [a state] regent, said a solution must be be found to quell public outrage over [the issue of the admission of illegal immigrants into Georgia's public colleges], repeatedly referencing anger and frustrations expressed by Georgians after learning Kennesaw State University had awarded in-state tuition to an undocumented student.
The State Board of Regents formed [a 13-person committee to deal solely with residency and tuition involving undocumented students] after the Kennesaw student was found to be an illegal immigrant during a traffic stop and it was later determined she was paying the cheaper tuition, pushing Georgia into the forefront of an ongoing national debate. Illegal immigrants currently are allowed to attend the state's public colleges but must pay out-of-state tuition, which is at least three times greater than for residents.
The public fallout from the Kennesaw State incident forced the regents to review how colleges verify student residency and determine what to charge them for tuition. Some elected officials have demanded that these students be barred from public colleges. Similar debates have been held or will take place in Arizona, California and Massachusetts.
At the beginning of Monday's meeting, the first of a series of meetings that could extend into the fall, Chancellor Erroll Davis and the regents' attorney said the University System of Georgia is operating within the law.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said federal law does not bar illegal immigrants from attending public colleges. In a 2008 letter, the most recent federal guideline on the issue, the agency wrote that "individual states must decide for themselves whether or not to admit illegal aliens into their public post-secondary institutions." That letter said monetary-assisted benefits, such as work study programs or federally-subsidized Pell Grants, were prohibited.
In 2006, Georgia passed a lawordering the regents to make certain that universities don’t give benefits to illegal immigrants that are prohibited under federal law. Davis and the regents’ attorney concluded that the lower, taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition is such a benefit. Davis ordered colleges to stop giving undocumented students this benefit.
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