House Bill 241, which would have allowed undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition if they agreed not to work, died last night in the Senate.
Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden, substituted this bill for the original bill, which repealed in-state tuition for undocumented students.
Donnelson changed the bill at the end of February because he did not have the votes to pass it, but it never made it to the Senate floor. He had argued throughout the session that allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition would be offering them “false dreams” because they wouldn’t be able to work without falsifying documents.
U administrators and faculty opposed the bill.