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Senate education committee advances bill to raise community college tuition cap
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to send House Bill 79 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after Representative James Petske said the bill would raise a long-unchanged statutory tuition cap that has constrained community colleges.
The Senate Education Committee on voice vote sent House Bill 79 to the full Senate with a due-pass recommendation after Representative James Petske, sponsor of the bill, said the measure would update a statutory tuition-rate cap for community colleges.
Representative James Petske (R.), who identified himself as representing District 21 in Meridian, told the committee the bill “is essentially changing one number,” and includes minor editorial fixes. He said the tuition cap in code has not changed since about 2008 and that community colleges hit the cap around 2016, which has prevented them from raising tuition to match inflation and growing…
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