Nearly 4,000 students in Arizona couldn’t prove legal status

Posted By: Carolyn Hileman* on January 12, 2008

Filed Under Immigration, Schools and Education

Anne Ryman
The Arizona Republic

Nearly 4,000 students at Arizona universities and community colleges have been denied in-state tuition this year because they failed to prove they were legal residents. The largest share is at the community colleges. Arizona universities and colleges recently began requiring students to prove their citizenship after state voters passed Proposition 300, a ballot initiative that prevents undocumented students from getting in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid. Undocumented students can still attend colleges and universities, but they must pay out-of-state tuition. At many schools, the out-of-state prices are more than triple the in-state ones.

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