A new bill introduced in California would allow some low-income Mexico students to be exempted from nonresident tuition fees when attending community colleges.
A bill being introduced in thewould allow some Mexican students who live near the U.S.-Mexico border to pay in-state tuition for local community colleges in San Diego.
San Diego Assemblymember David Alvarez introduced the legislation that would allow low-income students who live within 45 miles of the state’s border with Mexico to be exempt from the nonresident tuition fee if they have"demonstrated a financial need for the exemption." It would place a limit of 10% of students per San Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges Association college to be exempt from the nonresident tuition fee each academic year.
"We live in a dynamic border region where we need to educate more students to fill the jobs required for growth" Alvarez said in a statement."This bill will allow low-income residents who live close to the border to attend local community colleges.
Alvarez’s office, in a release, said that San Diego needs to double the number of people with post-secondary education by 2030 to meet the demand of the local economy.
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