Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R. 2490 would penalize states that offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants by cutting off their federal financial aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Under the bill, any state that charges undocumented students the same tuition rate as state residents would become ineligible to receive federal education funding for the following fiscal year. The legislation amends an existing 1996 immigration law and would be enforced through determinations made by the Secretary of Education. The bill would affect states currently offering in-state tuition to undocumented students, as well as their public colleges and universities that rely on federal student aid funding. No specific funding amount or implementation timeline is included in the bill beyond the provision that ineligibility would take effect in the fiscal year following the Secretary's determination that a state violates this requirement.
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