fee for non-resident students. One guideline explicitly states that the information and data collected from each non-resident student be kept confidential. While Assembly Bill 540 provides an exemption from non-resident tuition, students must meet a brief list of requirements: Students must have attended high school in California for three or more years or attained credits from a California high school (three or more full-time years of coursework) and a total of three or more years in a California elementary school. Students must have graduated from a California high school. They must also register as an entering student or in concurrent enrollment at a university or college in California (registration must have occurred no earlier than the fall of the 2001-2002 academic year). Lastly, the student must file and/or be in the process of filing an application to legalize their residency to be eligible for AB 540 (California Student Aid Commission, 2016, para. 1). The University of California, with the California community colleges’ trustees and board of governors are responsible for establishing programs that accommodate the needs of non-resident students who qualify for the exemption. New Mexico Senate Bill 0582 Legislator Cynthia Nava first introduced New Mexico’s Senate Bill 0582 with the intent to establish in-state tuition and admission to institutions of higher education regardless of immigration status. Senate Bill 0582 is regarded by legislators as a nondiscrimination policy toward students who are eligible to enroll in institutions of higher education in New Mexico. Specifically, the purpose of Senate Bill 0582 is to
fee for non-resident students. One guideline explicitly states that the information and data collected from each non-resident student be kept confidential. While Assembly Bill 540 provides an exemption from non-resident tuition, students must meet a brief list of requirements: Students must have attended high school in California for three or more years or attained credits from a California high school (three or more full-time years of coursework) and a total of three or more years in a California elementary school. Students must have graduated from a California high school. They must also register as an entering student or in concurrent enrollment at a university or college in California (registration must have occurred no earlier than the fall of the 2001-2002 academic year). Lastly, the student must file and/or be in the process of filing an application to legalize their residency to be eligible for AB 540 (California Student Aid Commission, 2016, para. 1). The University of California, with the California community colleges’ trustees and board of governors are responsible for establishing programs that accommodate the needs of non-resident students who qualify for the exemption. New Mexico Senate Bill 0582 Legislator Cynthia Nava first introduced New Mexico’s Senate Bill 0582 with the intent to establish in-state tuition and admission to institutions of higher education regardless of immigration status. Senate Bill 0582 is regarded by legislators as a nondiscrimination policy toward students who are eligible to enroll in institutions of higher education in New Mexico. Specifically, the purpose of Senate Bill 0582 is to
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