Sentences with phrase «make public college tuition»

There's now an important debate in Albany to make our public colleges tuition - free.

Clinton, who prides herself on the details of public policy, has said little about what is now the most ambitious and expensive proposal on her agenda: making public college tuition free for most Americans.

Senator Bernie Sanders's plan would have made all public colleges tuition - free, presumably through a federal matching grant to states.

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It keeps the status quo when it comes to taxes, adds $ 1 billion in new public education spending and includes expanded child care tax credits and a new $ 163 million initiative making state college tuition free for students from families earning $ 125,000 or less annually.

The governor also laid out some of the details of a plan to offer free tuition at public colleges to families making $ 125,000 a year or less.

The state legislature's one - house budgets make some changes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal to offer free tuition at public colleges in New York to some middle - class students.

The proposal would keep the status quo when it comes to taxes, add $ 1 billion in new public education spending and include expanded child care tax credits and a new initiative making state college tuition free for students from families earning $ 125,000 or less annually.

So Cuomo proposed and on Wednesday signed legislation to make tuition free at New York public colleges for anybody coming from a family making no more than $ 100,000 a year, with the cap rising to $ 125,000 in 2019.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- New York State is set to offer free tuition to public colleges for families making less than 125 - thousand dollars a year.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York will be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle - class students under a state budget approved by lawmakers Sunday.

«We must finish the job and pass a responsible budget that makes college tuition free for the middle class, fully funds our public schools, cuts taxes for the middle class, Raises the Age of criminal responsibility, combats homelessness, and moves New York forward.

«In a competitive global economy, with rapid changes in technology, we must make public colleges and universities tuition - free.

Flanked by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — whose «political revolution» had free college education as its cornerstone — Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his first State of the State proposal: making New York State public colleges tuition - free, in his latest apparent effort to burnish his progressive credentials ahead of a possible 2020 presidential run.

With Cuomo's signature, New York will become the first state in the country to fund free tuition for students at community colleges or four - year public institutions, as long as their families make less than $ 125,000 a year.

He also wants to offer free tuition at public colleges for families making less than $ 125,000 a year.

Hillary Clinton's campaign announced plans to eliminate college tuition at in - state public colleges and universities for families with annual incomes under $ 125,000 — a significant nod to a core position of Sen. Bernie Sanders, who had pledged to make tuition at public institutions free for all students.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York would be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle - class students under a state budget poised for passage in Albany.

If New York makes public colleges and universities tuition - free, mark my words, state after state will follow.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed to make tuition at public colleges in New York state free for those with family incomes of $ 125,000 or less Read more»

On other budget fronts, both houses want to tinker with Cuomo's plan for free public college tuition for families making up to $ 125,000 a year.

Katko said Clinton's plan to make students from households earning less than $ 85,000 per year eligible to attend an in - state, four - year public college or university without tuition, is fiscally irresponsible.

It then highlights Cuomo's plans to enact free public college tuition for families making up to $ 125,000, middle - class tax cuts, lower property taxes through local government service consolidations, and making record investments to public schools.

In the state of Oklahoma, low - income high school students who agree to make good grades in a prescribed curriculum, attend school, and stay out of trouble can get free tuition at public and private colleges in the state.

In early January, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced his intention to make a public college education tuition - free for most students in the state.

For example, the much - debated issue of making in - state immigrants ineligible for in - state tuition costs at public colleges and universities.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's plan includes «elevating» the teaching profession, rebuilding schools, breaking the school - to - prison pipeline, the expansion of affordable preschool and child care, and making college more affordable by offering free tuition at community colleges and four - year public universities.

That makes increasing appropriations for public colleges and universities an ineffective — even wasteful — policy for keeping tuition low.

To address some of these concerns, Democratic presidential candidates have proposed improving college access and success for the most disadvantaged students including making public colleges and universities debt - free or tuition - free.

TFA's underlying idea is that many smart, accomplished college graduates would make significant contributions to public education - if it weren't for the fact that they must have majored in education or be willing to spend one to two more years (and significantly more in tuition) earning a master's in education in order to get certified.

The senator's «College for Everyone» proposal would make college tuition - free for the first year for every person who is qualified to attend a public college and is willing to work part College for Everyone» proposal would make college tuition - free for the first year for every person who is qualified to attend a public college and is willing to work part college tuition - free for the first year for every person who is qualified to attend a public college and is willing to work part college and is willing to work part - time.

Hillary Clinton has proposed an income - based repayment plan that would cap payments at 10 percent of a borrower's monthly income and has proposed letting students who come from families making less than $ 125,000 per year attend public colleges tuition - free.

According to the College Board, the average tuition and fees at a four - year in - state public college for the 2015 - 2016 school year were approximately $ 9,410, with room and board costing an additional $ 10,140, making the total tab per year roughly $ College Board, the average tuition and fees at a four - year in - state public college for the 2015 - 2016 school year were approximately $ 9,410, with room and board costing an additional $ 10,140, making the total tab per year roughly $ college for the 2015 - 2016 school year were approximately $ 9,410, with room and board costing an additional $ 10,140, making the total tab per year roughly $ 20,000.

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Clinton would reduce the cost of college by providing states with grants to support two years of tuition - free community college and / or four years of tuition - free education at in - state public colleges and universities for students from families making less than $ 125,000 (phased in over 4 years starting at $ 85,000), building on her promise to ensure access to «debt - free» college.

Other issues were more contentious, but ultimately the negotiated budget increased funding to several key areas including: $ 28 million for safety improvements at the state's mental health hospitals; $ 7 million for recruiting new public school teachers and retaining existing ones; $ 190 million from the state's emergency fund to address damages from the last round of wildfires; $ 15 million to expand programs that combat homelessness; and, $ 8 million to backfill tuition cuts made to state colleges and universities during the 2015 session.

A 2017 Morning Consult and Politico poll showed 47 % of Republicans and 80 % of Democrats either «strongly support» or «somewhat support» a «proposal to make four - year public colleges and universities tuition - free.»

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