Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits an undocumented immigrant from being receiving state-funded financial assistance for post-secondary education.

Highlights:

• Expands the prohibition on granting post-secondary education public benefits to “unlawfully present” students to students “in unlawful immigration status” (Sec. A). 

• Expands the application of the international student tuition rate for post-secondary institutions students “in unlawful immigration status” (Sec. A). 

• Authorizes a post-secondary student enrolled in or intending to enroll in a course of study leading to a degree in theology or divinity to receive state-funded financial assistance for education (Sec. A). 

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