Arizona voters to decide if non-citizens can pay in-state tuition
PHOENIX — Arizona voters will get to decide next year whether to let children who came to this country illegally attend state universities and community colleges without paying more tuition than other state residents.
Four Republicans sided with all 29 Democrats Monday to provide the margin of victory for SCR 1044. With a prior 17-13 vote in the Senate, that sends the measure directly to the 2022 ballot; it does not need the input of Gov. Doug Ducey.
But there is no guarantee the change the measure proposes ever will take place.
SCR 1044 in essence is asking voters to overturn part of Proposition 300, a 2006 ballot measure that denies various public benefits to those not in the country legally. That includes any form of subsidized tuition.
It was approved by a margin of 71% to 29%.
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(Casa Grande Dispatch)
