AR House Panel Refuses To Take Up Immigration Bill
Will Not Require Illegal Immigrants To Pay Out -Of-State Tuition
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas House committee has refused to take up a bill to require illegal immigrants to pay out-of-state tuition at Arkansas' public colleges and universities.
Members of the House Education Committee on Tuesday voted against considering the bill that would require students to have U.S. citizenship or lawful presence in the country in order to qualify for in-state tuition.
The vote was 9-5 against taking up the bill.
The bill remains tabled in the committee. I
I'm not sure why we (AR) don't have to vote in a state level Dream Act bill for non-documented to receive in-state tuition but other states do. Before any hillbilly jokes start, we do have a significant undocumented population.
