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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [SEE | |
TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, McNamara, Vella-Wilkinson, Slater, Perez, Alzate, | |
Date Introduced: January 29, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 16-59 of the General Laws entitled "Council on Postsecondary |
2 | Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby |
3 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
4 | 16-59-9.3. Student Success Act. |
5 | Notwithstanding any other provision of the general or public laws: |
6 | (1) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(15) |
7 | who meets all of the following requirements, shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at |
8 | Rhode Island public universities, colleges or community colleges if he or she: |
9 | (i) Attended an approved Rhode Island high school for three (3) or more consecutive years; |
10 | (ii) Continues to reside in the state of Rhode Island; |
11 | (iii) Has graduated from an approved Rhode Island high school or received a high school |
12 | equivalency diploma from the state of Rhode Island; |
13 | (iv) Has filed, or will file, upon matriculation, with the Rhode Island public university, |
14 | college or community college of expected attendance, an affidavit stating that: |
15 | (A) The student meets the requirements of subsections (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section; and |
16 | (B) If the student is not a U.S. citizen and does not have a lawful immigration status, that |
17 | the student has filed an application for lawful immigration status, or will file such an application as |
18 | soon as they are eligible to do so. The affidavit shall not require students to reveal their immigration |
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1 | or citizenship status. |
2 | (2) Any nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island for three |
3 | (3) years and has attended a Rhode Island high school for three (3) years, will be eligible to pay the |
4 | same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. |
5 | (3) Identifiable student information obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall |
6 | be confidential to the extent provided by state and federal law (including the Federal Family |
7 | Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)). If information obtained pursuant to this section |
8 | regarding a student's immigration status is provided to any agency for purposes other than the |
9 | implementation of this section, the entity providing the information shall promptly notify the |
10 | student. |
11 | (4) The Rhode Island council for postsecondary education shall prescribe rules and |
12 | regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this section. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [SEE | |
TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] | |
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1 | This act would create the "Rhode Island Student Success Act" which would identify those |
2 | students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or |
3 | community colleges. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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