Bill Text: GA HR2089 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia House of Representatives; begin conversation to look at policy that will empower undocumented students access to higher education; urge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-29 - House First Readers [HR2089 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR2089-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 2089
By:
Representatives Morgan of the
39th,
Thomas of the
100th,
Gardner of the
57th,
Abrams of the
84th,
Hugley of the
133rd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Georgia House of Representatives to begin a conversation about the need to
look at policy in our state that will empower undocumented students in our state
to access higher education; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
as the federal Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act
continues to languish in Congress, it is even more critical that states consider
legislation to extend in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrant students;
and
WHEREAS,
the DREAM Act has consistently garnered high levels of bipartisan voter support
across the nation, with 70 percent of Americans favoring the proposal in a June,
2010, poll; and
WHEREAS,
it is particularly critical to create a means to integrate promising and
ambitious immigrant youth who are eager to engage and contribute to state
institutions, communities, and economies; and
WHEREAS,
educating young people, including undocumented immigrant youth, is an economic
development strategy that will help states and this nation educate our way out
of a recession; and
WHEREAS,
in today's economy, a college education is critical to not only increasing
individual earning, but also to supporting and spurring innovation and
high-technology industries that will generate revenue and income for states and
the nation as a whole; and
WHEREAS,
a recent study from the North American Integration and Development Center at the
University of California Los Angeles highlights the economic benefit to the
nation of legalizing young people through the DREAM Act and concludes that the
roughly 2.1 million undocumented young people who would stand to benefit from
the DREAM Act are a highly educated and potentially high-income earning group;
and
WHEREAS, the same economic project predicts this group of young people would generate approximately $3.6 trillion for the United States economy over a 40 year period; and
WHEREAS, the same economic project predicts this group of young people would generate approximately $3.6 trillion for the United States economy over a 40 year period; and
WHEREAS,
in 2009, Utah decided to keep their tuition equity law after realizing that
repealing the law would result in the state university systems losing at least
$1.5 million in tuition fees; and
WHEREAS,
extending tuition equity allows states to generate much needed revenue from
tuition fees, even as state governments grapple with dramatic budget deficits;
and
WHEREAS,
14 states have already enacted tuition equity legislation, including California,
Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Utah, Washington,
Connecticut, and Maryland.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body are urged to consider the positive economic impact undocumented
students receiving higher education can have on the economy and to enact tuition
equity legislation.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia
General Assembly.
