LACo Supervisors Support to Retain In-State Tuition Rates for Deported Community College Students

The Board of Supervisors officially affirmed its support Tuesday for an Assembly bill aimed at ensuring in-state tuition rates for deported community college students.

Assembly Bill 695 was introduced Feb. 14, by Higher Education Committee chair and former Los Angeles Community College District Trustee Mike Fong, D-Alhambra, according to a motion by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath.

According to the motion, an estimated 100,000 college students live in California without permanent legal status, and about 3.3 million Californians live in mixed-status households.

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