Can't Afford College? Starting in 2020, Washington State Will Pay Your Tuition
If your family can't afford to send you to college—or even if your family can afford some college costs, but would struggle with others—Washington state is about to start offering you a potentially life-changing amount of money.
Under a bill passed by the state legislature this year, students from families earning less than around $50,000 per year can have their entire public college tuition paid by Washington state, whether they're enrolling in a local two-year vocational program or a local four-year university.
Bill sponsor Drew Hansen, a Democrat who represents Bainbridge Island in the state house, said close to $1 billion over four years will be raised for this new "Washington College Grant" program, as well as other related investments in higher education, through "a dedicated surcharge on the businesses that depend on higher education to exist."
In other words, this state is raising taxes on your future employers in order to help you get the kind of education that might make those businesses want to employ you.
Read more: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/05/07/40130590/cant-afford-college-starting-in-2020-washington-state-will-pay-your-tuition
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