Florida Bill to End $45 Million College Tuition Subsidy for Illegal Immigrants

Florida Bill to End $45 Million College Tuition Subsidy for Illegal Immigrants
Students and supporters rally in support of DACA recipients on the day the Supreme Court hears arguments in DACA case in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 12, 2019. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
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A new bill introduced in the Florida legislature on Thursday would repeal a 2014 law that grants subsidized in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants at the state’s public colleges and universities.

Florida currently offers out-of-state tuition waivers for college students who came to the United States illegally. To be eligible for the waiver, such students must have attended a secondary school within the state for three consecutive years, applied to college within two years after high school graduation, and submitted a transcript from a Florida high school as proof of attendance and graduation. They also cannot receive an out-of-state tuition waiver and state aid at the same time.