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House education committee forwards bill to raise community college tuition cap to House floor
Summary
The House Committee on Education voted to send House Bill 79 to the full House with a "do pass" recommendation. The bill would raise the statutory cap on community college tuition from $2,500 to $3,250; the committee heard fiscal and policy context from the bill sponsor but received no public testimony.
BOISE — The House Committee on Education voted Monday to send House Bill 79 to the full House with a “do pass” recommendation. The bill, presented by Representative Lance Clow, would raise the statutory tuition cap for community colleges from $2,500 to $3,250.
Representative Lance Clow, District 25, told the committee the change is a modest increase from a cap last set in 2008 and is aimed at giving locally governed community college…
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