The Tuition Equity Bill (SB 170) passed in the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday, April 1, in a 5-4 vote.

Padres y Jovenes Unidos thanks Senators Mary Hodge, Suzanne Williams, Paula Sandoval, Abel Tapia and Bob Bacon for their support of the bill and "yes" votes during yesterday's proceedings. The bill will next be presented on the Senate floor.

The bill's hearing date was changed to Wednesday from Friday, in an effort to ease a heavy bill load that the committee had accumulated.

Though the bill has gathered bipartisan support in the community, it still faces much opposition in the legislature. Padres y Jovenes Unidos urges our members, friends and supporters of the bill to voice the importance of this bill to state legislators as well as to the press. Vote in favor of the bill in a poll at www.denverpost.com.