(NAME-MCE) 119 UA students reclassified as out-of-state

[Anselmo Villanueva]

 As a result of a new state measure barring students without documentation
to legally stay in the United States from receiving in-state tuition rates,
the University of Arizona has reclassified 119 students as out-of-state
students, The Tucson Citizen reported. University officials expect that many
of those students do have legal status, but haven't provided documentation.
For those that don't have legal status — at least six so far — private
donors plan to pay the extra tuition now required.

Complete article below.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0101az-prop-on.html

119 UA students reclassified as out-of-state

Renee Schafer Horton
Tucson Citizen
Jan. 1, 2008 07:44 AM

TUCSON - Since July 3, the University of Arizona has been able to
corroborate the legal status of 758 of the 877 students it previously
reported as "not verified" under the strictures of Proposition 300.

Passed by voters in November 2006, Proposition 300 requires illegal
immigrants to pay out-of-state tuition and bans them from receiving state
tuition assistance.

The state's universities and community colleges were required to file
Proposition 300 compliance reports with the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee by June 30 and again Monday.

In June, UA reported that 877 students had not proved their legal status to
the university. Those students were notified that further documentation was
needed and 758 students provided it.

The remaining 119 students have been moved from in-state to out-of-state
status, according to the report UA filed Monday, which was provided to the
Citizen by the Arizona Board of Regents.

Out-of-state tuition is $16,058, compared to $4,824 for in-state students.

Of those 119 students, six came forward to UA officials and said they would
not be able to provide documentation proving legal residency.

Rather than have them drop out of school, private donors, including the UA
Foundation, agreed to pay their tuition, said Paul R. Kohn, vice provost for
enrollment management and dean of admissions. A spokesman for the foundation
could not be reached for comment Monday evening.

Kohn was out of his office and unable to access the list of students but
said it is unlikely the remaining 113 are in the country illegally and also
unlikely that they have paid the out-of-state bill.

More probable, he said, they are graduate students receiving graduate
tuition assistance that covers out-of-state tuition, or children of UA
employees who qualify for reduced tuition and thus didn't feel pressured to
provide documentation that would allow them to qualify for in-state tuition.

UA spent about $159,000 implementing Prop. 300 while the increase in tuition
for the six students was about $70,000, Kohn said.

Pima Community College also filed a report on Monday, said spokesman David
Irwin, but he was unable to provide details because of the holiday.