HOUSE BILL 904

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Daniel R. Foley

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; CHANGING ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-STATE TUITION AND STATE-FUNDED FINANCIAL AID.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 21-1-4.6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2005, Chapter 348, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "21-1-4.6. NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY FOR ADMISSION TO ANY PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION [NONDISCRIMINATION IN ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS].--[A.] A public post-secondary educational institution shall not deny admission to a student on account of the student's immigration status.

          [B. Any tuition rate or state-funded financial aid that is granted to residents of New Mexico shall also be granted on the same terms to all persons, regardless of immigration status, who have attended a secondary educational institution in New Mexico for at least one year and who have either graduated from a New Mexico high school or received a general educational development certificate in New Mexico.]"

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