PHOENIX
Nearly 5,000 people have been denied in-state college
tuition, financial aid and adult education classes this year under a new
Arizona law banning undocumented immigrants from receiving those state-funded
services, a new study shows.
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee’s report said that
since Proposition 300 took effect on Jan.
1, 1,500 students from Arizona
State University
and the University of Arizona
were denied financial aid or in-state financial status because they couldn’t
prove their legal status and an additional 1,790 community-college students
statewide were blocked.
Out of 13,700 applications for government-assisted child
care, the state rejected 86 because the individuals couldn’t prove citizenship,
according to the report.
It also said that 1,403 out of 11,931 applicants for state adult
education were rejected and of 220 individuals who applied for the Family
Literacy Program, 30 were deemed ineligible.
The legislative committee produced its report after
receiving reports from colleges and other programs as required under the new law.
The Associated Press reported on the data from those reports on July 11.
Proposition 300 was one of four immigration-related ballot
measures approved at the polls last November by Arizona voters.
