{"id":21627,"date":"2014-03-13T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=21627"},"modified":"2014-03-13T06:41:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T10:41:55","slug":"gov-scott-supports-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2014\/03\/13\/gov-scott-supports-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Scott Supports In-State Tuition For Undocumented Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16755\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 239px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Gov. Rick Scott has asked that Florida give up its duties managing PARCC's money.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/GovScott.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16755\" alt=\"Gov. Rick Scott has asked that Florida give up its duties managing PARCC's money.\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/GovScott.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/GovScott.jpg 239w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/GovScott-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/GovScott-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/GovScott-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Governor Rick Scott\/Stacy Ferris\/flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Rick Scott said he supports a bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants access to in-state tuition..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Rick Scott said he will support a Senate bill granting in-state tuition to some undocumented immigrants because the bill also would prevent universities from raising tuition above what lawmakers approve, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/Florida-Governor-Rick-Scott-tuition-immigrants-undocumented-bill-college-dream--249950931.html\">according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have considered in-state tuition the past several years, but the bill has never made it through both the House and the Senate in the same year. House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, supports in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants and Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater has introduced the bill in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Standing in the way is Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2014\/02\/17\/three-questions-for-florida-senate-president-don-gaetz\/\">who said he opposes the bill for those in the country illegally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/Florida-Governor-Rick-Scott-tuition-immigrants-undocumented-bill-college-dream--249950931.html\">From the story by Gary Fineout<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"paragraph7\">The debate over in-state tuition for certain students who entered the country illegally has been a perennial one in Tallahassee. Similar bills passed the House and Senate but never in the same year. But this year the measure appears to be gaining broader support.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph8\">Weatherford has come out for granting in-state tuition to Florida high school graduates who have entered the country illegally, but Senate President Don Gaetz has said he is opposed to the proposal.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph9\">At least fifteen other states have passed such laws, with another seven considering them this year. The trend reflects immigrant advocates&#8217; increasing focus on state legislatures as Congress fails to make any headway on national immigration reform. It also highlights lawmakers&#8217; growing recognition of the influence of Latino voters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Rick Scott said he will support a Senate bill granting in-state tuition to some undocumented immigrants because the bill also would prevent universities from raising tuition above what lawmakers approve, according to the Associated Press. Lawmakers have considered in-state tuition the past several years, but the bill has never made it through both the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[865,768,1034,1027,1046,769],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21629,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21627\/revisions\/21629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}