NONRESIDENT TUITION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN UNDOCUMENTED WISCONSIN PERSONS

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[LFB Paper 812]

Governor/Joint Finance: Provide that a person who is a citizen of another country is exempt from nonresident tuition if that person meets all of the following requirements: (a) the person graduated from a Wisconsin high school or received a high school graduation equivalency declaration from this state; (b) the person was continuously present in this state for at least three years following the first day of attending a Wisconsin high school or immediately preceding the receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation; and (c) the person enrolls in a UW System institution and provides the institution with an affidavit that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so. Specify that this provision would first apply to persons who enroll for the semester or session following the bill's effective date.

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Please call your legislators today.

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Thank you for your participation to pass the tuition bill

Sincerely

Rafael Gomez

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 23, 2009 5:07 PM
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