City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0243R

• File #: 11-0243R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of Proposed State Legislation - Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/10/2011
• In control: Education Committee
• Final action: 2/7/2011
• Title: In Support of Proposed State Legislation - Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students FOR the purpose of supporting the introduction of state legislation granting in-state tuition to students from Maryland tax paying families who attend and graduate from Maryland high schools, regardless of their immigration status; requesting the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2011 Maryland General Assembly to support the legislation if introduced; and urging the Governor to enact this legislation, or similar measures, if adopted by the Maryland State Legislature.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, President Young, James B. Kraft, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, William "Pete" Welch, Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/7/2011	0	City Council	Adopted
2/7/2011	0	Education Committee	Recommended Favorably
1/10/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
1/10/2011	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/10/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of Proposed State Legislation - Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students

FOR the purpose of supporting the introduction of state legislation granting in-state tuition to students from Maryland tax paying families who attend and graduate from Maryland high schools, regardless of their immigration status; requesting the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2011 Maryland General Assembly to support the legislation if introduced; and urging the Governor to enact this legislation, or similar measures, if adopted by the Maryland State Legislature.
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The City of Baltimore has always been home to immigrants and migrants from around the globe, and our proud history has included periods in which public schools taught in German and City government meetings were interpreted into German. During the 1920s, more than 1 in 4 City residents was a first or second generation immigrant; and, in just the last 20 years, our diverse immigrant community has included immigrants from nations such as Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, China, Nigeria, Germany, India, Ukraine, and the Philippines.

Today, African, Asian, and Latino populations are growing at a steady rate in Baltimore City and throughout the state of Maryland, making immigration reform of crucial impo...