PHOENIX -- Republican lawmakers are moving to deny in-state tuition at state universities to anyone not here legally, a move that could undermine what voters approved just three years ago.
A provision in the House budget approved Thursday on a party-line vote by the House Appropriations Committee would prohibit the schools from using public money to "subsidize, offset, reduce or mitigate the tuition or fees to any student who is not lawfully present in the United States." In fact, the legislation even would bar universities from using private dollars to underwrite tuition for those in the same group.
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