NYC gives first glimpse of how many undocumented students could apply for tuition help
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About 47,000 city residents could apply for college financial assistance under a new law designed to help undocumented or temporarily legal immigrant New Yorkers, according to a new city report released Thursday.
Those New Yorkers — an estimate based in part on 2017 Census data — could benefit from the Jose Peralta DREAM Act, which for the first time allows certain New York high school graduates without permanent or legal immigration status to apply for tuition assistance at in-state colleges. Students who spent at least two years at a New York high school and earned a diploma can apply — up to five years after graduation for undergraduate study, and up to 10 years for graduate school. Those who earned a high school equivalency diploma are also eligible.
After years of resistance, the law was one of the first passed during this year’s legislative session, backed heavily by New York’s new Democratic majority.