Law / United States / 
Rhode Island
Student Success Act: nonresident tuition exemption at public colleges, the affidavit that may not ask immigration status, and notice when that status is shared
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a Rhode Island public university, college or community college, do not require the affidavit a student files to claim the nonresident tuition exemption to reveal the student's immigration or citizenship status (section 16-59-9.3(1)(iv)).
- If you provide information about a student's immigration status to any agency for a purpose other than implementing section 16-59-9.3, promptly notify the student (section 16-59-9.3(3)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 16-59-9.3(3) makes identifiable student information confidential to the extent state and federal law provide and requires a notice to the student when immigration status information goes to an agency for another purpose. It names no log, record kept, period, or access for a regulator, so no logging duty is coded.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 16-59-9.3(1) of the Rhode Island General Laws exempts a student who meets its residence and high school requirements from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges and community colleges, if the student files an affidavit with the institution. Section 16-59-9.3(1)(iv) of the Rhode Island General Laws provides that the affidavit shall not require students to reveal their immigration or citizenship status.
Section 16-59-9.3(3) of the Rhode Island General Laws makes identifiable student information obtained under subsection (1) confidential to the extent provided by state and federal law, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Section 16-59-9.3(3) of the Rhode Island General Laws also requires an entity that provides information about a student's immigration status to any agency for purposes other than implementing the section to promptly notify the student.
Section 16-59-9.3(4) of the Rhode Island General Laws directs the Rhode Island council for postsecondary education to prescribe the rules and regulations necessary to implement the section. Public Law 2021, chapter 346, section 1, which added the Student Success Act, took effect on .
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