Hillary Clinton to join Gov. Cuomo at ceremonial bill signing of N.Y.s new free tuition program
Source: NY Daily News
Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 9:15 AM
ALBANY Hillary Clinton will join Gov. Cuomo Wednesday morning to help launch the state's new free tuition program.
The former Democratic presidential candidate will take part in a ceremonial bill signing at 11 a.m. at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Cuomo administration officials told the Daily News Wednesday morning.
The free-tuition plan was included as part of the state's new budget, which lawmakers adopted over the weekend. It offers free tuition to SUNY and CUNY students whose families earn $125,000 a year or less.
Students must agree to remain in New York after graduation for the same number of years that they received assistance or they will be required to pay back the money they received.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hillary-clinton-join-cuomo-n-y-free-tuition-bill-signing-article-1.3047004
Great job Andrew, your father would be proud! And thanks to Hillary for still working for her platform planks even though she got cheated out of the Presidency.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)riversedge
(70,276 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)No matter it is a good move.
George II
(67,782 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)It's all good. She certainly deserves credit, as does the Governor and the legislature. Providing Democratic leadership for the nation.
George II
(67,782 posts)....and I like some of the modifications that they hammered out, like a residency requirement, a "default" clause (if you don't complete your degree you pay back the tuition), etc.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)Nary a negative word do I have to say about this nor Hillary's role in it.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Do they price gouge to increase 'profit' or are tuition prices much lower in Canada?
George II
(67,782 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)'free community college' plans a la Clinton/Sanders. They worked together very well.
If Hilary won, free community college tuition would have been an early White House, first 100 days= National plan by now.
brer cat
(24,591 posts)sheshe2
(83,853 posts)A great day for NY students and for Andrew and Hillary for all their hard work to make this happen!
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)sheshe2
(83,853 posts)Thanks so much for that info, yallerdawg.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)still_one
(92,361 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)NYers are looking forward to the population and skilled workforce increase.
George II
(67,782 posts)....after graduation.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)May this become a sweeping 50 state norm.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)R B Garr
(16,973 posts)together with the New York Governor celebrating a policy goal that shows some compromise to make it actually achievable.
This should be getting lots or recs!
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)In order to get the "free" part their are conditions that a large percentage won't be able to meet. This includes class load and GPA requirements. Nobody reads the fine print, anymore.
That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)Cuomo seems a little more concerned with press conference results than positive real world results IMO, but I'd like to know if that's justified here.
StubbornThings
(259 posts)It looks like it would help the middle class much more than the poor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/nyregion/new-yorks-free-tuition-program-will-help-traditional-but-not-typical-students.html?_r=0
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)StubbornThings
(259 posts)Did you actually read the post I linked? It's the the paragraph right above the one I inserted.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)is free for people with no money at all. Many basic college classes are two nights a week and do NOT "interrupt their studies to work"
StubbornThings
(259 posts)And, shouldn't we hope that it would be better for poor people?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)StubbornThings
(259 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)Seems like a typical 1990's program. Pretends to help poor students in the headlines, actually just eases the financial burden of those that can already afford it. I wonder how many students are able to go to college that weren't able to go before.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)education pre-1976. I did.
George II
(67,782 posts)Unfortunately that went south sometime in the 1980s or so, and CUNY isn't SUNY.