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PHOENIX A Senate panel took the first steps Tuesday to reversing a policy that denies in-state tuition to dreamers at state universities and community colleges.
Legislation approved by the Education Committee would repeal a 2006 voter-approved law which spells out that anyone not in this country legally is not entitled to residential tuition. In its place, SCR 1044 would say that those who meet other residency requirements and graduate from an Arizona high school do qualify.
The proposal by Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, drew just a handful of opposition, mainly through comments posted online.
But final approval is far from certain.
Voters in Arizona could be asked to allow those enrolled in a federal program for young people illegally brought to the United States as children to qualify for in-state tuition at community colleges and state universities.
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