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Students, advocates tell senators early‑college programs expand access; advocates push sustainable funding
Summary
Advocates and students described how early‑college (Act 77) and the '3‑degree promise' reduce debt and smooth transition to college; sponsors urged a sustainable Higher Education Trust Fund to continue the McClure Foundation‑funded promise.
Advocates and students told the Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs Committee that Vermont's early‑college pathways and a related '3‑degree promise' produce measurable educational and financial benefits and should have stable, long‑term funding.
Rebecca Copance (identifying herself as a program advocate) opened the panel by urging lawmakers to view accelerated degree pathways as an economic‑development strategy that keeps young…
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