部分墨西哥学生就读加州社区大学将能享受低学费

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law last week permitting low-income Mexican students to pay the same cost as Californians to attend some community colleges.
加州州长加文·纽瑟姆上周签署了一项法律，允许低收入的墨西哥学生支付与加州人相同的费用进入一些社区大学。

The law starts next year and will run as a pilot, or test program, for five years. The program is open to Mexican students who live within 72 kilometers of the U.S. border in California.
该法律将于明年开始实施，并将作为试点或测试项目运行五年。该项目对居住在美国加州州界72公里以内的墨西哥学生开放。

In California, the Education Data Initiative says the average yearly cost of tuition at community colleges for Californians is $1,500. For out-of-state students, the yearly cost is nearly $10,000. It means a possible saving of more than $8,000 for some Mexican students under the program.
在加州，教育数据倡议组织表示，加州人在社区大学的平均年学费为1500美元。对于州外的学生来说，每年的费用将近1万美元。这意味着该项目可能为一些墨西哥学生节省8000多美元。

David Alvarez is a California state lawmaker who worked on the law. He said many Mexicans travel between the two countries to work or visit family. And the law will help make education readily available to prepare them for jobs.
大卫·阿尔瓦雷斯是加州的一名州议员，他曾参与这项法律的制定。他说，许多墨西哥人往返于两国之间工作或探亲。这项法律将有助于他们随时接受教育，为就业做好准备。

Alvarez said in a statement that the program would help "prepare a more diverse population among our workforce."
阿尔瓦雷斯在一份声明中表示，该计划将有助于“在我们的劳动力中培养更多样化的人群”。

Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, is just 11 kilometers from the U.S. border with Mexico. The college's president Mark Sanchez said many students at the school split their time between the two countries.
位于加州丘拉维斯塔的西南学院距离美国与墨西哥的边境只有11公里。该学院院长马克·桑切斯表示，该校许多学生穿梭于两国之间。

"Without this pilot, we risk everything in terms of loss of talent," he told lawmakers at a hearing last June.
他在去年6月的一次听证会上对议员表示：“如果没有这个试点，我们将面临人才流失的风险。”

Students from Mexico who decide to go to Southwestern College will save about $7,000 based on the lower cost for Californians.
来自墨西哥的学生如果决定去西南学院，将在享受加州人低廉学费的基础上节省约7000美元。

The law requires community colleges to report by 2028 on the attendance and the number of students receiving in-state tuition under the program.
该法律要求社区大学在2028年前报告入学率和根据该计划享受州内学费的学生人数。

In 2015, California passed a similar law that permitted students who lived close to its border with Nevada to attend Lake Tahoe Community College at in-state tuition.
2015年，加州通过了一项类似的法律，允许居住在加州与内华达州边境附近的学生以州内学费进入太浩湖社区学院。

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income –n. the amount of money a person, or family, earns from work

tuition–n. the cost of attending school

diverse–adj. relating to the number of different things in a group, such as the backgrounds and nationalities of students at a college

talent –n. an ability to do something well