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Buzz Blog: Immigrant tuition bill will receive hearing on the Senate floor
Smart move by the Republican controlled Legislature. Rick "Medicare Fraudster' Scott support and will sign. He's up for re-election in November and is trailing Charlie Crist.
Immigrant tuition bill will receive hearing on the Senate floor
Kathleen McGroryKathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:20am
Julio Calderon, 25, Miami, a first year student at Florida International University, center, hands petitions supporting an immigrant tuition bill to a staffer in Florida Governor Rick Scott's office, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Tuesday, the Florida Senate agreed to hear HB 851 that would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at Florida colleges and universities. Scott supports the bill.
SCOTT KEELER | TIMES
One of the most controversial bills of the session is on its way to becoming law.
In the most quiet of ways on Tuesday, members of the Florida Senate agreed to hear a bill that would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at Florida colleges and universities.
The proposal is likely to pass. Twenty-one of the 40 senators have publicly expressed their support. Another four have voted for the bill in previous committee stops.
Advancing the bill to the Senate floor was heavy lift for its sponsor, Sen. Jack Latvala.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/immigrant-tuition-bill-will-receive-hearing-on-the-senate-floor/2177400
Kathleen McGroryKathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:20am
Julio Calderon, 25, Miami, a first year student at Florida International University, center, hands petitions supporting an immigrant tuition bill to a staffer in Florida Governor Rick Scott's office, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Tuesday, the Florida Senate agreed to hear HB 851 that would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at Florida colleges and universities. Scott supports the bill.
SCOTT KEELER | TIMES
One of the most controversial bills of the session is on its way to becoming law.
In the most quiet of ways on Tuesday, members of the Florida Senate agreed to hear a bill that would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at Florida colleges and universities.
The proposal is likely to pass. Twenty-one of the 40 senators have publicly expressed their support. Another four have voted for the bill in previous committee stops.
Advancing the bill to the Senate floor was heavy lift for its sponsor, Sen. Jack Latvala.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/immigrant-tuition-bill-will-receive-hearing-on-the-senate-floor/2177400
