Au Amata faatasi ma nisi sui i le lagolagoina o se pili e fesoasoani i tau o aoga a Kolisi

Washington, DC – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced she has teamed up with Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI) for the introduction of the bipartisan Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa College Access Act to provide tuition assistance to students in the islands.

The Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa College Access Act would authorize tuition assistance grants to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition costs for Northern Marianas and American Samoa community college graduates wanting to go on and attend a four-year public university, or seek to complete a four-year degree program.

"We have many good students that study at our accredited community college. That's a great start, but our students deserve the same access from that point to a four-year University degree that students in the 50 States have because of in-State tuition opportunities," said Aumua Amata. "This bill would help correct that major financial disadvantage, and give our students better opportunities to pursue goals for higher education."

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Tamaitaifaipule o Amata ma le Faipule ia Sablan a o galue le Komiti i le vaiaso nei

O le nei pili, faauluina e le afioga i le Faipule ia Sablan i le vaiaso nei faatasi ai ma le Faipule ia Amata o lē na ulua'i au e lagolago, o loo faamamafa ai le tāua o a'oa'oga mo le lumana'i o nei Teritori e lua, tamaoaiga faalotoifale, ma tatou tagata aooga faapea lo latou mafai ona tauva mo avanoa i galuega o loo maua i ona po nei i le atunuu atoa.

Faaauau le saunoaga a le Tamaitaifaipule ia Amata "Faafetai i lau afioga i le Faipule Sablan mo le faauluina o le nei taumafaiga tāua mo a tatou tagata aooga." O le pili aoga i totonu o Setete e mautinoa ai le maua o avanoa mo tagata aoga i totonu o Setete uma e faamae'a ai a'oa'oga faalekolisi i tausaga e fa, o se tulaga atonu e latou te le gafatia. O se manatu matagofie, ma o le nei pili e maua ai avanoa tutusa mo a tatou tagata aooga mai Amerika Samoa ma Mariana i Matū."

E manino lelei le manaomia o lea fesoasoani. O tupe maua a aiga i totonu o Mariana i Matū e lalo ifo o le afa pe a faatusa i tupe maua a tagata o le atunuu o loo i le vasega ogatotonu pe a faatulaga tupe maua, a o Amerika Samoa e motu ese lona tulaga faapea lona tamaoaiga, e mafua ai le atugalu i le letagolima ma le manaomia o gaulega faaopoopo ma galuega sili e atu ona lelei.

Ua iloa mai le Komiti a le Kolisi, e $14,480 e sili ai le tupe faaalu a tagata aooga mai fafo mo pili aoga e totogi e tagata mai fafo ma isi tau o le aoga. I le taimi nei, o le tau foi lea e tatau i a tatou tagata aoga ona totogi. E feagai foi tagata aoga mai le Atu Mariana ma Amerika Samoa ma le taugata o pasese e malaga ai e o'o lava i le Setete aupito i lata ane o Hawaii.

O le nei pili e faavae mai se pili na faia muamua o le Tulafono Faalauaitele (Public Law) 106-98, o le Pili a DC e fesoasoani e totogi pili aoga mo Kolisi (DC College Access Act), e mafai ai e tagata aoga o loo aumau i le District of Columbia ona talosaga tupe e fesoasoani e totogi ai le tau o Kolisi e i fafo atu o DC, peitai, o le nei pili e le tutusa ma le tau o le pili DC lea na faavae mai ai.