(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed into law legislation that improves access to higher education opportunities for Connecticut residents by allowing the children of undocumented immigrants to attend state institutions of higher education and pay the in-state tuition rate if the student has attended a Connecticut high school for at least two years and has graduated from a Connecticut high school.  Under prior law, students were required to attend a Connecticut high school for at least four years.

 

“By making in-state tuition available to more students and expanding access to college, we will be bolstering Connecticut’s labor market by adding new, professional workers to our workforce – the type of residents that attract employers who are looking to fill the high-skilled, good-paying jobs that are needed compete in a 21stCentury economy,” Governor Malloy said.  “Expanding education opportunities and delivering more access to a degree will ultimately support our overall economy, and again show employers that Connecticut has some of the best trained, best educated workers in the nation.”

(State of Connecticut Press Release)

Gobernador Dannel P. Malloy anunció hoy que ha firmado en la legislación ley que mejora el acceso a las oportunidades de educación superior para los residentes de Connecticut al permitir que los hijos de inmigrantes indocumentados asistir a instituciones estatales de educación superior y pagar la tasa de matrícula estatal si el estudiante tiene asistido a una escuela secundaria de Connecticut durante al menos dos años y se ha graduado de una escuela secundaria de Connecticut. Bajo la ley anterior, se requiere que los estudiantes a asistir a una escuela secundaria de Connecticut durante al menos cuatro años.
“Al hacer la matrícula estatal disponible para más estudiantes y ampliar el acceso a la universidad, vamos a reforzar el mercado laboral de Connecticut añadiendo nuevos, trabajadores profesionales para nuestra fuerza de trabajo – el tipo de residentes que atraen a los empleadores que buscan llenar la alta cualificación , bien remunerados puestos de trabajo que se necesitan competir en una economía del siglo 21 “, dijo el gobernador Malloy. “La expansión de las oportunidades de educación y la entrega de un mayor acceso a un grado en última instancia, apoyar nuestra economía en general, y de nuevo mostrar a los empresarios que Connecticut tiene algunos de los mejores capacitados, trabajadores mejor educados de la nación.”
(Estado de Connecticut Comunicado de prensa)

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