Word Change In Missouri Law Raises Tuition For Undocumented Students
NPR
Friday, September 4, 2015
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or
Flash plugin.
Yara Puente is delaying her studies while she saves to go back to school following a change in Missouri law. (Sam Zeff/KCUR)
A few hundred college students in Missouri were recently informed that their tuition will riseĀ 300 percent. These are students who were brought to the U.S. illegally as small children and know no other home but Missouri.
As Sam Zeff of Here & Now contributing station KCUR reports from Kansas City, their predicament is due to a small language change in a bill passed in the state legislature in March. That small change is having a big effect on some students’ futures.
Reporter
Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
View this story on npr.org
Follow us for more stories like this
CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today.
Donate Today