Governor blocks plan to end in-state tuition for immigrants who graduate from Kansas high schools

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 1,244

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — A pair of Senate Republicans challenged their partisan peers’ bogus claims about immigrants during an end-of-session debate on the state’s longstanding policy of offering in-state college tuition rates to Kansas high school graduates, regardless of their citizenship status.

A slim majority of Senate Republicans still backed Senate Bill 254 to end the policy. On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill.

“This bill targets Kansans who were brought to the United States …

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