In-State tuition & Dream Act. 2001 â TX passes first in-state law. 2001-2013 â 18 states pass in- state tuition
2015 ECS National Forum on Education Policy IN-STATE TUITION FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ALEJANDRA RINCON, PH.D. BOOK AUTHOR: “UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION: SI SE PUEDE! alejandrarinconphd.com
Documenting Immigrant Student Advocacy
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Uninformed debate Document our history and contributions in a very polemic area Co-founder of Coalition of Higher Education for Immigrant Students in Houston, Texas
Trailblazers 1975
Texas law tried to keep undocumented children out of school.
1982
In Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court rules undocumented have access to K-12
1994
California Proposition 187 tries to keep undocumented out of schools, hospitals Passage of the IIRIRA (Section 505 limits higher ed. access to undocumented)
1996
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JOSE AND LIDIA LOPEZ, PLAINTIFFS IN THE PLYLER VS. DOE CASE – Photo: Richard m. Pruitt
In-State tuition & Dream Act 2001 – TX passes first in-state law 2001-2013 – 18 states pass instate tuition laws 2012 – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) won by Dreamers Six states provide financial aid: Texas, New Mexico and Oregon included the provision in their laws. California, Illinois and Washington passed additional laws to grant access
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IN-STATE TUITION POLICIES TEXAS (HB 1403, 2001)
CALIFORNIA (AB 540, 2001)
Residency classification
Waiver of out of state
2001- Access to fin.
2011 – Available after 10
Aid after passage of law Eligible for Texas Grant, TPEG & scholarships 2005 - TAFSA application developed
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years of in-state tuition Cal Grant A & B 2014 - AB 2160 - Cal Grant: Auto GPA Upload
Two decades of Immigrant Student Advocacy (1995 – 2015) 1995
1991-2001
In-state Protests advocacy begins against in CA and Proposition triumphs in 187 Texas
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2006 National protests against HR 4427
2009 Students launch campaigns to stop their own deportations
2011-Now On-going campaign against Obama’s deportations
Impact of deportations on educational efforts
Aggressive implementation of “Secure Communities Act” (non-criminal detentions)
79% of deportees were non-criminals
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Impact of DACA
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The Civil Rights Issue of our time Birmingham Children’s March (1963)
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Trail of Dreams (2010)
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Education Commission of the States FOR ADDITIONAL INFO ALEJANDRA RINCÓN, PH.D.
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