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Committee advances $9 million seed appropriation to begin implementing Free City College
Summary
After lengthy public comment and debate over fiscal timing, the committee forwarded Supervisor Jane Kim’s $9 million supplemental to seed free tuition at City College pending Prop W revenues, to be considered by the full board on Dec. 13 without a committee recommendation.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 30 forwarded a $9 million supplemental appropriation that Supervisor Jane Kim proposed to seed a Free City College program, sending the measure to the full Board of Supervisors for action on Dec. 13.
Supervisor Kim recounted Prop W’s passage (≈62% approval on Nov. 8) and said the controller estimates roughly $14 million in transfer tax revenue will arrive between January and June, enough to fund a $9 million seed allocation. Kim said the supplemental would pay student tuition waivers and associated supports to allow City College of San Francisco to accept students for fall 2017 registration. "We expect to move through the remainder of the…
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