Georgia Colleges Working To Verify Students' Status: ATLANTA – Georgia's 35 colleges and universities are working to carry out a mandate from their governing body and verify the citizenship status of nearly 316,000 students by mid-August.
University System Chancellor Erroll Davis and the state Board of Regents ordered colleges to review the tuition charges placed on all students earlier this month after it was disclosed that Kennesaw State University charged an illegal immigrant student in-state tuition.
The regents appointed a committee to examine the most efficient ways to check residency status to prevent illegal immigrants from getting in-state tuition.
