Bill Text: MI HB4798 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education; state universities; expression of legislative intent in support of in-state tuition rates for certain noncitizen students; provide for. Amends 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1601 - 388.1897l) by adding sec. 265f.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/02/2019 [HB4798 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4798-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4798

 

 

June 26, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Rabhi, Hammoud, Brixie, Whitsett, Kennedy, Anthony, Brenda Carter, Garza, Pagan, Manoogian, Cherry, Ellison, Wittenberg and Gay-Dagnogo and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

(MCL 388.1601 to 388.1897l) by adding section 265f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 265f. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that a

 

noncitizen student who meets all of the following requirements is

 

eligible to pay resident tuition at any public university that

 

receives an appropriation under section 236:

 

     (a) The student meets 1 of the following:

 

     (i) Is a noncitizen but is not an alien described in any of

 

the classes of individuals included in subparagraphs (A) to (S) of

 

8 USC 1101(a)(15).

 

     (ii) Has deferred status.

 

     (b) The student attended a public or private high school in

 

this state for 3 or more years.

     (c) The student graduated from a public or private high school

 

in this state or received the equivalent of a high school diploma.

 

     (d) If the student is a noncitizen without a lawful

 

immigration status, he or she has filed an affidavit with the

 

public university that states that the student has filed an

 

application for lawful permanent residence with United States

 

citizenship and immigration services, or will file an application

 

for lawful permanent residence as soon as he or she is eligible to

 

do so.

 

     (2) A public university shall keep any information it obtains

 

about a student described in this section confidential.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Deferred status" means that the student has been granted

 

a deferral from prosecution for unlawful status in the United

 

States by the United States department of homeland security through

 

the federal executive branch program known as deferred action for

 

childhood arrivals (DACA).

 

     (b) "Noncitizen" means an individual who is not a citizen or

 

national of the United States.