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House panel advances bill to raise community college tuition cap from $2,500 to $3,250
Summary
The Idaho 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; committee discussion included fiscal estimates and the limits on annual tuition increases contained in state code.
BOISE — The House Committee on Education voted Monday to send House Bill 79 to the House floor with a “do pass” recommendation after Representative Lance Clow told members the bill would raise the statutory cap on community college tuition from $2,500 to $3,250.
Representative Lance Clow (R-District 25), who presented the bill, said the increase is intended to give community colleges more local revenue flexibility. “We increase the cap from $2,500 to $3,250,” Clow said during his presentation, noting that community colleges’ governing boards set tuition and that many colleges had reached the current cap.
Clow told the committee that state code…
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