For Star subscribers: Proposition 308 would allow many people who have lived in Arizona for two or more years and graduated from an Arizona high school to pay the resident tuition rate.
Danyelle Khmara A new proposition on the November ballot would expand access to higher education for many high school graduates in Tucson and across the state.
People are also reading… One of those students, 2022 TUSD graduate Angela Cervantes, came to the U.S. as a child after her mother died of cancer. The family was struggling financially, and her father decided it would be better for her and her younger brother, who is a U.S. citizen, to live in Arizona.
Currently, students like Cervantes are excluded from paying in-state tuition to Arizona’s universities and colleges, which is about a third of the out-of-state rate, because of a 2006 voter-approved measure that prohibits anyone who isn’t a U.S. citizen or legal resident from being designated as an in-state student for tuition rates at either community college or state universities.
There is currently a labor shortage in the state across many industries, including health care, financial services and advanced manufacturing, Sanders says. “If we could get the left and the right to agree to at least start the conversation, I think it would go a long way in really creating the right path for people going forward,” he said.
“If we are going to remain an attractive destination for job creators and continue to meet evolving workforce demands, we must do more to encourage all Arizona learners to pursue an education after high school,” he said. “That includes removing artificial and unnecessary barriers to an accessible and affordable college degree.”
Neither the Republican Party of Arizona, Ward or Cahill responded to questions from the Star about how it would raise taxes, or what they meant by “taxpayer-funded subsidies” since the initiative doesn’t mention any type of subsidy.
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