<p>I'm not sure if this should be posted in a different section of CC but I see a lot of questions from undocumented students here. If there's a better place for it, feel free to move it or link to it.</p>
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For high school students who are also undocumented immigrants, the path to a college education is one that is often fraught with anxiety, confusion and frustration.</p>
<p>In Florida and most other states, undocumented students must pay much-higher out-of-state tuition to attend college, and certain key sources of financial aid, such as federal Pell Grants, are off-limits. Proposed federal legislation known as the DREAM Act that would offer in-state tuition and other benefits to these students has been stalled in Congress for years.</p>
<p>The College Board, meanwhile, has been a staunch supporter of the DREAM Act. Though the College Board cant compel Congress to do anything legislatively, the organization on Thursday released a resource guide for undocumented students that it hopes will help them navigate the confusing array of state laws and institutional rules that are now in place.</p>
<p>I’m going to create a thread with a link to this on the Hispanic Students forum. While undocumented students may have origins from any country, the vast majority are going to be of MA background.</p>
<p>*Proposed federal legislation known as the DREAM Act that would offer in-state tuition *</p>
<p>Quite the over-reach. The feds thinking they can require states to offer instate tuition? Crazy. States could just respond by raising all rates to OOS, then offer scholarships to citizens and legal residents only.</p>
<p>Under the DREAM Act, most students who came to the U.S. at age 15 or younger at least five years before the date of the bill’s enactment and who have maintained good moral character since entering the U.S. would qualify for conditional permanent resident status upon acceptance to college, graduation from a U.S. high school, or being awarded a GED in the U.S.</p>
<p>THey would only provide in-state tuition for students who are already state residents and graduate from high school in the state where they currently live.</p>
<p>Right…it’s one thing for each state to decide whether its going to give instate rates to undocumented students who went to high school within the state. It’s quite another thing (and quite the over-reach) for the fed gov’t to legislate that each state MUST do so…especially without providing any funding to implement. </p>
<p>Again, if the feds were to legislate that, there are some states that would just slap the feds right back by raising all instate rates to OOS rates and then granting scholarships to the legal residents.</p>
<p>Small nit, but as a non-profit, the College Board is not allowed to ‘lobby’ for anything political. Producing a ‘guide’ is clearly under their non-profit mission, but demonstrating support for any type of federal legislation is clearly political by definition. Expect them to get their hand-slapped.</p>