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Senate debate expands tuition-waiver reciprocity for border-area students; fiscal cost cited
Summary
Senate Bill 75 would expand the 50-student, mileage-based tuition-waiver program for institutions near state borders to help border communities retain shoppers and students; sponsors say the program supports local economies while opponents raised cost and residency concerns.
Senators debated Senate Bill 75, introduced by Senator Dixie Levitt, which would expand waivers of the nonresident tuition differential for students who live within a specified mileage of Utah institutions near state borders. Supporters said the measure helps retain local economic activity and educational ties to Utah institutions; opponents questioned the fiscal cost to higher education.
Senator Levitt described communities along…
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