Mark JohnsonRALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's State Board of Community Colleges cast a final vote Friday morning to admit illegal immigrants to the state's 58 campuses but with key restrictions and the possibility that the issue still could stall in the legislature.
Illegal immigrants will have to pay out of state tuition, about $7,700 a year, and they can be removed from a class if it is full and a legal resident wants in.
The vote was the final step in approving a new rule to allow admission. The board voted to allow illegal immigrants into classes under the restrictions last September. Today’s vote confirmed that decision after a public hearing in December and written comments.
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, a member of the board, voted against the new policy today and in September.
Posted By: Ayanna Spikes
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/v-print/1537784/nc-community-colleges-vote-to.html
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