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TexasTowelie

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Fri Mar 16, 2018, 03:25 PM Mar 2018

Key legislative committee quietly approves in-state tuition bill for undocumented immigrants

A House committee on Tuesday quickly and quietly approved a bill that would grant in-state tuition to undocumented and immigrant students.

With a voice vote, the House Education Administration and Planning Subcommittee approved the measure shortly after the panel convened Tuesday afternoon.

The move was lauded by dozens of students who flocked to the legislature in an effort to encourage lawmakers to get behind the measure.

Among the more than 150 students who traveled to Nashville was Riverdale High School junior Lizeth Luna, who said she dreams of becoming a homicide investigator someday.

Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/13/key-legislative-committee-quietly-approves-state-tuition-bill-undocumented-immigrants/419954002/

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Key legislative committee quietly approves in-state tuition bill for undocumented immigrants (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP
Wow, Tennessee steps up for higher education. Students probably had a lot to do with it. n/t Hoyt Mar 2018 #1
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