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IN HB1325
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Robin Shackleford
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AI Summary
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Allows individuals authorized under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to pay resident tuition rates at state educational institutions if otherwise eligible.
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Exempts state educational institutions from verifying immigration eligibility when students are DACA-authorized and only applying for resident tuition rates (not other public benefits).
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Applies to individuals who were enrolled in state educational institutions on or before July 1, 2011, or are currently DACA-authorized.
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Maintains that individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States remain ineligible to pay resident tuition rates.
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Effective July 1, 2015; amends Indiana Code sections IC 12-32-1-5 and IC 21-14-11-1.
Legislative Description
Resident tuition rate. Provides that an individual authorized by the United States Department of Homeland Security to be present in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate if the individual is otherwise eligible to pay the resident tuition rate of the state educational institution.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/13/2015