That is a tuition discount for illegals that legal residents of other states cant get when sending their kids to Texas for college.
Why send illegals to college anyway? What is your rationale?
Sorry - you are the one that is wrong.
Here's a link from a bill to repeal Perry's generous law allowing illegal aliens to be considered legal residents for purposes of tuition. It indicates that $23 million of taxpayer dollars had gone to subsidize these students in 2009. Given the amount paid by the students, this analysis indicates illegal alien students are paying for less than 30% of their education expenses with the taxpayer picking up the tab for the rest.
SB 1631, Birdwell, Bill Analysis
Under current law, public institutions of higher education provide reduced resident tuition rates for some students who are not lawfully present in the state. Considering the current budget shortfall, added with the fact that these students will not be eligible for legal employment in the United States upon graduation, the state could better allocate these resources. In December 2010, the House Research Organization issued a report that estimated, based on figures from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), that "the state allocated about $23.6 million in direct aid for these students in fiscal 2009, including funding allocated to institutions and financial aid," whereas these students only "paid a net total of about $9.5 million out of pocket for higher education in fiscal 2009."Taxpayers are subsidizing the education of non-American illegal aliens who cannot even work in this country legally. How does that make any sense?
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