In its announcement Tuesday, however, the NCCC recalled that in December 2007 it had sent a memo to its 58 member colleges mandating that they admit undocumented students at the out-of-state tuition, an amount calculated as 140 percent of the cost of providing a full-time education to one student.
“The November directive was the result of the NCCCS interpretation of an earlier Attorney General advisory letter that said community colleges could not impose nonacademic criteria for admission, which supported the “open door” policy of the NCCCS,” Tuesday’s announcement said.
“We have accepted the Attorney General’s offer to seek federal clarification of this issue, and they are pursing that information,” said Ralls on Tuesday. “Until we receive further clarification, we will no longer admit individuals classified as illegal or undocumented immigrants into curriculum degree programs.”
High school students who take community college courses are not affected. NCCCS said colleges were being notified to allow students admitted under the earlier directive to continue studies at the out-of-state tuition rate. Officials said that for the 2006-07 academic year, 112 curriculum degree students without proper residency documentation were enrolled among a total of 296,540 students in the same category. More than 800,000 students are enrolled in the 58 colleges.
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