<p>I don’t think state funds or federal funds be used to educate illegal non residents but they are. All the way through high school they are. In college, too, if we want to get technical, since most colleges charge less than what it really costs per student, and most colleges get federal money to defray the cost and that is outside of student grants and loan subsidies. Here in NY, anyone who can prove s/he was here for 3 years, gets state rates. Many state colleges don’t check very thoroughly for residence qualifications. I know our local colleges don’t. So such funds are being used. </p>
<p>However in Jessica’s case, this appears to be a blatant misuse of funds, and breaking of rules. I would be willing to bet that the college app forms were completed with lies. That is the big difference. If she had completed them honestly, she would have likely been charged the OOS rate. Most colleges won’t touch the illegal alien issue so it is doubtful she had to lie about that, but she clearly was not a legal GA resident which she had to say she was in order to get the in state rate.</p>