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Colorado Senate Bill 18-087 (opens in a new tab), passed in 2018, grants eligibility for in-state tuition status to refugees and special immigrants admitted to the United States pursuant to federal law who have settled in Colorado.

To learn more about eligibility requirements, please read this memo (opens in a new tab) written by the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

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