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Senate committee clears bill to raise Idaho community college tuition cap
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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 update a long‑unchanged tuition cap for community colleges to give local boards limited ability to adjust rates.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send House Bill 79 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after Representative James Petske told the panel the measure updates a long‑unchanged tuition cap for Idaho’s community colleges.
"We are essentially changing 1 number," Representative James Petske said, adding the change is meant to address a cap on community college tuition that has not been changed in code since 2008. "All the community colleges hit that cap around 2016. So since that time, they have not…
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