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House education committee forwards bill to raise community college tuition cap to House floor

2664541 · February 3, 2025
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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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