Georgia In-State Tuition

Sunday's Atlanta Journal Constitution had a story titled "I can't do what I really want to do". This article is about illegal immigrants being denied the a privilege granted to Georgia citizens, that being lower tuition at our state colleges. The article subtitle is "Denied in-state tuition rates, illegal immigrants are dropping out of college or scaling back".
Blanca has had to drop out from Dalton State College because of a new statute prohibits schools granting waivers to students that are in the country illegally. These waivers permitted illegal aliens to pay in-state fees. At least 19 students have had to drop out of Dalton State College.
Other students with similar circumstances expressed resentment at the preferential treatment.

• The first thought that comes to mind is why would the school accept a student without legal standing.
• Taken to an extreme, if these individuals are clearly identifiable and for that matter have openly public standing, doesn't the school, as a branch of Georgia state government, have an obligation to inform the proper authorities as a precursor to deportation?
• These institutions are supported by the public funds from the state's general fund and the Hope Scholarship. Tuition costs are spread over the in-state and out-of-state students in a proportional manner. So, my tax dollars are helping pay for all of these school's expenses. My son is a student at Georgia Tech, so my tuition dollars are helping to pay these school's expenses. If the number of in-state students is artificially increased by the actions of a school's admissions board, then the costs increase for all other contributors, whether they be tax payers or tuition paying parents. What on god's green earth gave these school officials the right to do that with my money? Rare as it may be from me, thank you to the politicians who created the statute.
• The value of the Georgia state schools is well known, even to out-of-state students, tuition rates are affordable. Georgia Tech and UGA are both considered a top educational values for the dollar. As a past out-of-state student, I witnessed the struggles of many students who as co-ops were tax paying state residents and completely denied to right to be accepted as an in-state student. Why should a student that does not enter the country legally or take to steps to become legal have more right to public funds than say, some kid whose father was transferred to Fort Benning during his senior year of high school?