US EditionTexas' Education Board Announces Pilot Program for Vulnerable Students, Campuses
- Austin Community College joined a legal battle on Monday to seek clarity over the constitutionality of a law ending in-state tuition for undocumented students in Texas.
- This move follows a recent Texas court ruling that repealed the Texas Dream Act, which had allowed undocumented students to pay in-state tuition since 2001, affecting roughly 500 ACC students.
- Public colleges in Texas are being required to determine which students lack legal residency so they can be billed at out-of-state tuition rates, raising concerns about privacy, legal challenges, and potential financial and academic difficulties for many affected students.
- Kasey Corpus of Young Invincibles said, "That just leaves a lot of students in limbo," and tuition rate changes will take effect in the fall 2025 semester.
- The repeal may limit access to affordable education for undocumented students in Texas and prompt other colleges to consider joining ACC's legal challenge for clearer guidance.
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Texas' education board announces pilot program for vulnerable students, campuses
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The State Board of Education, or SBOE, announced a new initiative Wednesday that it said is intended to help out Texas' most vulnerable students and schools. The NEXT initiative, as it's known, is a pilot program that will provide eligible campuses with up to $350,000 over the next two years for tutoring and other supports. A $3.5 million investment approved by the state legislature will facilitate the use of high quality math an…
San Antonio, U.S.A., Jun 25 (EFE).- Texas has asked public universities to identify undocumented students favored by reduced tuition granted to state residents for full payment, as required by a court decision earlier this month. Wynn Rosser, commissioner of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, has asked universities to “reclassify” as non-residents their students without legal status, in a letter quoted by The Texas Tribune. “They wil…
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