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AZ HB2812

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Aaron Marquez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Allows students other than nonimmigrant aliens to qualify for in-state tuition at Arizona universities and community colleges if they attended high school in Arizona for at least two years while physically present in the state.

  • Requires students to have graduated from a public or private high school option or homeschool equivalent in Arizona, or obtained a high school equivalency diploma in the state.

  • Explicitly permits persons without lawful immigration status to be eligible for in-state tuition under these requirements.

  • Maintains existing provisions allowing refugees granted refugee status under U.S. law to qualify for in-state tuition if they meet domicile requirements.

  • Requires passage by at least three-fourths vote in both houses of the legislature per Arizona Constitution article IV, part 1, section 1.

Legislative Description

In-state student status; nonimmigrant aliens

Education - Title 15

Last Action

House read second time

2/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/11/2025
Appropriations2/11/2025
Education2/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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