Metro State Creates New Tuition Level for Undocumented Immigrants

By On June 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Bente Birkeland, Capitol Coverage, Education, Immigration, KRCC News

Metropolitan State College of Denver has become the first school in Colorado to create a new tuition category specifically for undocumented immigrants who gradate from Colorado high schools. The tuition would be significantly lower than the out-of-state rate students currently pay. It mirrors a bill that failed in the state legislature. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.

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