AB1620(Santiago), a state bill that will expand in-state tuition eligibility for more undocumented students in California, is being heard in the Assembly Higher Education Committee on April 23rd. Forty Asian American community members from Los Angeles and Orange Counties are taking traveling to Sacramento on an overnight bus and joining Assmb. Santiago and Assmb. Quirk-Silva to show support for AB1620 and undocumented students in the Assembly Higher Education Committee Hearing.
AB1620
04-16-2019
Education is a human right - everyone deserves quality education, no matter their status, income or race. KRC is pushing a bill that will allow more immigrant undocumented students to pay in-state tuition in colleges. (AB1620). Immigrant parents and young people participate in the bill’s first hearing in Sacramento on April 23 to make our voices heard and to share our stories with legislators. The measure passed the Higher Education Subcommittee by a 9 to 2 vote.