Free Community College
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, sent to Congress on February 2, calls for a new $60 billion program of two years of free community college for 9 million students if all States participated. The President’s plan, which he first outlined during a visit to Tennessee on January 9, is based on a program in that State. America’s College Promise, as it is called, would provide tuition-free classes for students who go to school at least half time, maintain a grade point average of 2.5 of higher, and are making steady progress toward a degree or transferring to a…
