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Lazy Daisy

(928 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2019, 10:02 PM Mar 2019

West Virginia governor signs free tuition bill for community colleges

A red state taking a step forward. Will wonders never cease.
BTW, they're not the only ones. Tennessee has a similar program.

https://wsbt.com/news/business/west-virginia-governor-signs-free-tuition-bill-for-community-colleges?fbclid=IwAR2owxrMHOysozfO2b7XsVFTYRrTv4-rQJqx-QA5wjT6LDAuAY3X-htLgO4

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia residents will soon be able to go to community and technical colleges for free.

Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Monday signed a bill authorizing tuition grants to residents who are at least 18 years old and have completed a secondary program.

Grantees would have to pass a drug test each semester, maintain a 2.0 grade-point average, take at least six credit hours per semester and perform at least eight hours of community service.

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West Virginia governor signs free tuition bill for community colleges (Original Post) Lazy Daisy Mar 2019 OP

Get an education and leave. roamer65 Mar 2019 #1

That is awesome!!! PeeJ52 Mar 2019 #2

roamer65

(37,974 posts)

1. Get an education and leave.

Reply to Lazy Daisy (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 10:05 PM

Mar 2019

That’s what I would recommend to the students.

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)

2. That is awesome!!!

Reply to Lazy Daisy (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 10:10 PM

Mar 2019

Too bad they don't pay the teachers anything...

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