Sentences with phrase «public college tuition proposal»

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When DeVos used the expression at CPAC, she was referring to an exchange that took place with Senator Bernie Sanders during her confirmation hearing, in which Sanders asked if she supported his proposal for tuition - free public college education and she replied: «I think we also have to consider the fact that there's nothing in life that is truly free — somebody is going to pay for it.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday in Albany during a reception at the executive mansion pledged to push for a long - stalled effort to increase the age of criminal responsibility in New York as well as his own proposal to provide free tuition at public colleges and universities.

ALBANY — More than 200,000 New York State college students would get free tuition if they attend a public university or community college in the state and have a family or individual annual income below $ 125,000, according to a budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

New York could stand out, though, if the governor's proposal included two - year tuition - free college across all public institutions.

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.

Sanders, who pushed for free tuition at all U.S. public colleges during his Democratic presidential campaign, called Cuomo's proposal «revolutionary.»

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.

Two reports released Thursday urged changes to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal for free tuition at New York State's public colleges and universities — although for widely varied reasons.

His proposals for the budget this year grew brasher and more ambitious — free public college tuition!

After his re-election in 2014, Cuomo reinvented himself as a full - throated economic populist, pushing through a minimum wage hike and a paid family leave program, and unveiling massive infrastructure spending plans and a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has been light on details about funding.

A key proposal to provide a reduction in tuition costs to the state's public colleges and universities is also backed by voters, 60 percent to 37 percent.

For Cuomo's part, he's stuck to policy, especially his proposal to provide free tuition at public colleges and universities to families that earn less than $ 125,000 — a proposal he unveiled with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The proposal included an appropriation of $ 25 million to open up Tuition Assistance Program money for the students at public and private colleges alike.

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.

Flanagan says he needs to see more details, though, on a proposal to offer free tuition at public colleges to families with incomes up to $ 125,000 a year.

Cuomo also touted his 2017 agenda, which includes a proposal to provide free tuition to qualifying families than earn less than $ 125,000 a year at public colleges and universities in New York.

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.

Lawmakers begin their annual review of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's state budget proposal in Albany today with a look at the higher education plan and, most likely, a focus on the proposal to phase out tuition costs for state and city public colleges.

He again defended his spending plan as fashioned for the middle class, especially with proposals like free tuition for qualifying students at public colleges.

He has also proposed extending college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — a proposal known as the Dream Act — as well as creating a new tax credit to offset donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds and public schools.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said high levels of student loan debt motivated his proposal for free tuition at any public university or community college in New York state for students from families earning less than $ 125,000 a year.

ALBANY - Both the State Assembly and State Senate's one - house budgets have recommended changes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal to offer free tuition at public colleges in New York to some middle - class students.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Free state college tuition for middle - class students, an expanded child care tax credit and $ 1 billion in new spending on public schools are among the highlights of a state budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

More recently, he has outlined massive infrastructure spending plans as well as a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has yet to provide full accounting of where the funding for these programs will come from.

State legislators are picking apart Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal — which would cover tuition at public colleges for in - state students whose families earn less than $ 100,000 — while slamming a provision that raises tuition at CUNY and SUNY by $ 250 per year.

The proposal would include his plan to provide free public college tuition for New York families earning up to $ 125,000.

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Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan's first week in office saw housing help for low - income families, a study of the city's Race and Social Justice Initiative and a proposal for two years of free community college tuition for public high school graduates.

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.»