Critics condemn decision by education board aligned with hard-right Ron DeSantis to block access to college system
Immigration advocates in Florida have decried a “cruel and harmful” new rule by education officials aligned with hard-right Republican governor Ron DeSantis to ban undocumented students from state colleges and universities.
The Florida board of education voted on Tuesday to bar access to its 28 state-funded institutions to anybody not a US citizen or “lawfully present” in the country. It follows Florida’s move last year to strip discounted in-state tuition rates for certain immigrant students.
Opponents on Wednesday assailed the new directive, which some analysts estimate could cost Florida up to $15m annually in lost tuition and other fees. They also questioned if it was legal, given that it was approved by DeSantis’s hand-picked board of seven, instead of the elected state legislature.
cant be havin no undocumented immigrants gettin our free college! Wait…
Also, I suspect that college degrees from FL will sooner be less valuable than the paper they’re printed on.
No surprise. These republican traitors have always tried to sabotage higher learning. No need to look further than New College of Florida.
$15 mil in paid tuition. What freeloaders. /s
The article mentions fifteen million dollars in lost tuition, but doesn’t the state lose money on every in-state college student despite the tuition paid? I suppose whether this saves money or not depends on fixed vs variable costs…
DeSadass trying so hard to be Trump 2.0.
