Colorado Governor Ritter will sign the bill, but the senate sent it back to committee, instead to him. This will definitely delay, maybe even kill it. - - Donna Poisl
By Tim Hoover, The Denver Post
A bill to allow illegal immigrants in-state tuition took a detour today when the Senate sent it to a committee — where its prospects are shaky — rather than debate it.
Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter, who had not been publicly championing the bill, came out in support of the measure.
Senate Bill 170, sponsored by Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, would offer the in-state tuition rate to any student who had attended a Colorado high school for at least three years and graduated, regardless of their immigration status.
The bill says the students could not get the state's College Opportunity Fund stipend and would have to sign an affidavit saying they would seek lawful residence in the United States.
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