The high court rejects an appeal to California's policy of giving in-state college tuition

http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7958-Supreme-Court-allows-California-to-grant-in-state-tuition-to-illegal-immigrants

But last year, in the first ruling of its kind, the California Supreme Court said the state's policy did not conflict with federal law because the tuition benefit turned on a student's high school graduation, not his or her residency. In the 2001 law, the state said it would give in-state tuition to a qualified student who attended a high school in California for three years and graduated.

Under this interpretation, a student from Oregon who graduates from a high school in California could obtain in-state tuition in the University of California system. In defense of its law, California education officials said that many of those who took advantage of its in-state tuition policy were U.S. citizens who hailed from other states.