Posted on 09/13/2016 5:22:45 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Texas Tribune) -- In 2009, when the Texas Legislature decided to offer free college tuition to the children of many veterans, the state predicted a small impact: Just over 880 beneficiaries would enroll be enrolled by 2014.
That was way off.
Five years later, the number of "legacy" students getting free tuition from the program known as Hazlewood was more than 21 times the original guess — 18,599 students and growing. That caused the state's universities to raise concerns that the program was costing them too much.
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But they sure have money for scholarships and in state tuition rate for Mexican citizens.
Pare back in-state tuition for illegals.
“in state tuition rate for Mexican citizens.
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Is that true? Would piss me off.
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Bingo
Yep. That great “conservative” governor Rick Perry signed that into law while ridiculing those who opposed it as not having a heart. At least if I recall correctly.
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