[JoeFromSidney]

In-state tuition for those here illegally really irks me. When I was in the Air Force, being stationed all over the USA, my wife and I maintained legal residence in Ohio (drivers license, auto tags, voting registration, etc.) When I was stationed in Alabama, and the youngest of our children reached school age, my wife decided to go back to college to finish her degree. She had to pay out-of-state tuition, since we weren't residents of Alabama. Never mind that I was in the USA legally, and was even spending a career defending the country. She'd have gotten a better break from college if she were in the country illegally.

[magna carta]

Wow...you have a good story to share. In the Lone Star case outlined, due to a 2011 SCOTUS ruling attorney Steve Smith decided to forego the instate tuition issue and just focus on GRANTS. These operate like full-blown scholarships. We will soon have some facts/figures on this.