Students sue for tuition parity with California illegals

Washington Times ^ | 5-14-09 | Nedra Pickler

[JZelle]

Students from 19 states yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from California officials for charging them significantly more than illegal aliens pay to attend state-run colleges.

The 42 plaintiffs say California state lawmakers and the University of California board of regents knowingly violated a federal law enacted in 1996 that says any state that offers discounted in-state tuition to its illegal aliens must provide the same lower rates to all U.S. citizens.

California has a "unique" statute barring discrimination on the basis of geographic origin, said lead attorney Michael J. Brady.

Some students in the University of California system could be eligible for as much as $300,000 in total damages, he said.

The plaintiffs' attorneys say the lawsuit was filed in a state court in Yolo County on behalf of about 60,000 U.S. citizens who have paid out-of-state tuition to attend public higher-education institutions in California since 2002.

Mr. Brady said out-of-state students are paying $20,000 more than illegal aliens per year to attend schools in the University of California system. In the California state university system, the difference is $11,000 per year.

[Lancey Howard]

The last few paragraphs of the story are chock full of money quotes.
It is worth clicking through the pop-up carnival to read the whole thing.

[Irish Eyes]

Students sue for tuition parity with California illegals

By Nedra Pickler ASSOCIATED PRESS | Originally published 11:57 p.m., December 14, 2005,

updated 12:00 a.m., December 15, 2005

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I wonder why they would put it into today’s paper?

[grey_whiskers]

Vote California off of the Island!

Cheers!