This bill would change section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. It would stop a State from receiving any federal financial assistance under Title IV of the Higher Education Act for the fiscal year after any year the Secretary of Education finds that the State charges an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States the same (or lower) in‑state tuition rate as a resident U.S. citizen. The bill adds a rule for determining an "ineligible State" and cites definitions for "Federal financial assistance," "institution of higher education," and "State" from existing federal law.
If your State allows people who are not lawfully present to pay in‑state tuition, the State could lose Title IV federal higher education assistance for the following fiscal year. That loss would apply to the State as a whole and could affect public colleges and students in that State if Title IV assistance is withheld. The Secretary of Education must first determine the State is "ineligible" under the bill's standard.
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The bill's sponsors introduced it to amend section 505 of the 1996 Act so that States that offer in‑state tuition to aliens not lawfully present would be denied federal financial assistance under Title IV of the Higher Education Act for the following fiscal year.
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