Dive Brief:

• Florida legislators have essentially passed a bill to let undocumented immigrants pay in-state tuition at the state's public colleges and universities.
• Florida’s Senate has passed the bill, but it must be passed by the House for a second time because of slight changes to the Senate version. Still, it is expected to be signed into law.
• The law, first proposed in 2003, is expected to make about 1,300 students eligible each year for the reduced tuition rate.

Dive Insight:

Granting immigrant children eligibility for in-state tuition rates has become a national trend. Once the law is signed, Florida will become the 21st state with in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students. To qualify, the students are required to have attended a high school in the state for three years or more. The out-of-state rate that those students currently pay is three to four times the in-state rate.