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Proposal Would Block Immigrant Students From Paying In-State College Tuition

Two Republican state lawmakers are proposing a measure overturning a recent decision by the Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor allowing young immigrants with temporary legal status to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges. Representatives Matt Lynch and Wes Retherford call the decision egregious and say it will cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Most of the state's two- and four-year public colleges have previously charged students lacking permanent legal status tuition rates much higher than what other Ohio students pay.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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