Texas’ guidance on end of in-state tuition for undocumented students doesn’t clear confusion, advocates say

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Student advocates say highly anticipated state guidance on how schools should follow a recent court ruling ending in-state tuition for undocumented students still doesn’t offer meaningful clarity on how to determine who still qualifies for the benefit.

Those advocates say clear guidance from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is urgently needed at a time when schools across the state, in a scramble to comply with the court ruling, have incorrectly told some students they can no longer pay in-state tuition.

“The rules don’t help at all. They create even more confusion…You’re just going to have, again, more people getting wrongly denied,” Julieta Garibay of United We Dream said.

Read more at The Texas Tribune.

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