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Metro State College of Denver OKs tuition cut for illegal immigrants
As far as Sarahi Hernandez is concerned, the only difference between her and every other student at Metropolitan State College of Denver is nine digits.
“A Social Security number — that’s it,” Hernandez said, shortly after Metro State’s board of trustees voted 7-1 Thursday to pass a new tuition rate for illegal-immigrant students like her.
A sophomore from Denver who carries a 3.8 grade-point average, Hernandez said students like her deserve affordable tuition. The new rate, which will go into effect this fall, is $3,358 per semester, which is higher than in-state students, who pay $2,152, and lower than out-of-staters, who pay $7,992.
“We all deserve the chance at a higher education and to become productive members and give back to our community,” she said.
Three criteria must be met to qualify for the new category of tuition. A student must:
• Have attended a Colorado high school for the past three years.
• Have graduated from a Colorado high school or gotten a general equivalency diploma in the state.
• Provide proof they are in good legal standing, other than their undocumented status, and that they plan to seek lawful status when eligible.
Dr. Tar
June 9th, 2012
Yeah, Obama doesn’t have a legitimate Social Security Number either and Occidental, Columbia and Harvard all accepted him.
http://www.wnd.com/2011/03/275861/
Of course he was claiming to be a Kenyan then and the schools thought they would meet their quotes for foreign students from Africa that way.
http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/05/03/barack-obama-to-occidental-as-foreigner-barry-soetero/
cfm990
June 9th, 2012
How long before a tuition assistance program is implemented? Can’t have the lil darlings paying their own way. That would be unfair.
Immortal Fish
June 9th, 2012
Liberal Logic — Aren’t illegal aliens like Hernandez “out-of-state” students?
Please numerate and index all the vast and sundry reasons that explain why she “deserves (!!) affordable tuition.”
Elwin Ransom
June 9th, 2012
Ummm – Hello?
‘Have attended a Colorado high school for the past three years’ = proof that you have been in this country ILLEGALLY for at least 3 years.
‘Undocumented’ = ILLEGAL.
‘plan to seek lawful status when eligible’ = ‘when hell freezes over’.
and on it goes…
Annie
June 9th, 2012
@ How long before a tuition assistance program is implemented?
Here there are illegal-only scholarships. In state tuition, etc. And the illegal scholars are driven around, all expenses paid, to different campuses to find a “fit”. Ya’ know, where would they feel most comfortable. Just like the old country.
Diann
June 9th, 2012
Sweet fancy Moses. I am so freaking sick and tired of hearing about illegals and their bushel full of special privileges, special considerations. It is the biggest racist ploy around. You know, if 75% of all illegals were white Europeans who were politically conservative, there would be such an enormous crackdown with armies of border agents rounding them up and shipping them back to Europe.
John F.
June 9th, 2012
Why waste money subsidizing this freeloader’s tuition if she won’t be able to work in this county (legally) anyway?
moarkdave
June 9th, 2012
I am the mean one, I know.
But why are they even allowed in public schools. All children now have to have a Social Security number before they are a year old.
If the kid does not have a legit SS number then they get nothing. No public school, no regular healthcare, dentistry or anything else free.
I, being a white male, has to show my proof of citizenship and Social Security number to do almost anything in this county, why not them???
Unneutral
June 9th, 2012
Not sure the illegals need much more education…they already know this is the country of freebies.
LadyGun12
June 9th, 2012
“We deserve, we deserve, we deserve…” Blah, blah, blah.
NO YOU F***ING DON’T!!!
Sarthurk
June 9th, 2012
Who the hell OK’d this bullshit?
berlet98
June 9th, 2012
“You’re Not Special!”
America’s failing public schools are in disarray for a variety of reasons, from the NEA to local teacher unions to cell phones to television to parental and student apathy–to the promotion of self-esteem as the essence of education.
Delivering the Wellesley High School commencement speech, David McCullough Jr., Wellesley High English teacher, punctured rather than punctuated his students’ grossly-inflated sense of self which often comes at the extravagant expense of learning.
Skipping the customary platitudinous remarks at commencements, those oft-undeserved plaudits for achievement, the vacuous entreaties to get out there and conquer the planet and strive to accomplish all that you can be, those trite speeches that inspire more yawns than inspiration, McCullouch quickly cut to the quick with a forthright wake-up message to students: ”You’re not special. You’re not exceptional.”
Whether the upscale Wellesley kids appreciated the putdown, which may have burst hundreds of upscale adolescent bubbles, their parents and other attendees at the commencement clearly did love it and they reacted with spontaneous applause and guffaws at the articulation of commonly-held, frequently-disguised educational truths.
Far more than their teachers, honest parents realize their kids had been pumped up with unmerited praise by educators for four years.
Honest parents know some of their cherubs have been praised for simply ”trying,” praised for not bullying “different” peers who were weird, praised for achieving a “B” in Global History because a realistic grade of “C” or “D” would deflate their kidlets’ resumes and tender egos, and be totally undemocratic and inequitable to lazy clods, etc.
Complemented by bizarre awards in and out of school for “participation,” not for winning in sports and other activities since now besting an opponent is not only deemed unfair but un-American, kids today deserved to be brought down a peg or two if they expected to compete in the real world. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=25302.)
Tony R
June 9th, 2012
If it hadn’t been for that damn John Denver, Colorado would still be populated with right-thinking Americans, like Arizona.