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AZ SCR1003

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/23/2013

Primary Sponsor

Steve Gallardo

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature - First Regular Session (2013)

AI Summary

  • Enacts the "Arizona Higher Education Fairness Act" as a ballot measure for voter approval, allowing undocumented immigrants who entered Arizona before age 16 and resided in the U.S. for at least five years to qualify for in-state tuition.

  • Requires undocumented students to meet additional criteria including current school enrollment, high school graduation, GED attainment, or military service, plus be under 31 years old and have no felony convictions.

  • Removes the federal prohibition that denied in-state tuition eligibility to undocumented students, replacing it with new eligibility standards under section 15-1802 and 15-1803.

  • Allows classified in-state students under this act to access the same rights and benefits as other in-state students, including financial aid and scholarships, with student information kept confidential.

  • Clarifies that postsecondary education and adult education are excluded from definitions of "state or local public benefits" requiring citizenship documentation.

Legislative Description

Postsecondary education; tuition; classification; status

Last Action

Referred to Senate RULES Committee

1/24/2013

Full Bill Text

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