The educational fate of thousands of undocumented immigrant California students will be decided by the CA Supreme Court in the New Year. The court has agreed to hear Martinez vs. Regents of the University of California, which challenges state law AB 540. The law awards in state tuition rates at the state’s public higher education institutions to undocumented students who graduate from a California public high school. The suit was first filed in 2005 by a group of out of state students alleging AB 540 violates federal law by granting benefits to non-citizens that are not granted to US residents.

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