Jill Biden: 'I was disappointed' free community college cut from Build Back Better bill

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she was "disappointed" one of her key causes, free community college, was cut from President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

"Joe has also had to make compromises," Biden said of her husband's $2.2 trillion spending plan during remarks at the Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, DC.

"Congress hasn't passed the Build Back Better agenda -- yet. And free community college is no longer a part of that package. We knew this wouldn't be easy -- Joe has always said that. Still, like you, I was disappointed," she added.

Biden, a longtime educator currently working as an English professor at a Northern Virginia community college, has for the last several years pushed for the inclusion of two years of free community college for eligible students as part of then-candidate Joe Biden's campaign platform and then as part of the Biden administration's legislative agenda. Her remarks Monday signaled the defeat of that legislative goal, one of her primary initiatives as first lady.

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I was too. Even community college is expensive especially compared to what I paid 40+ years ago.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. I was too. (Many years ago, I went to the one where FLOTUS teaches now!)

[mopinko]

2. just checked. the cc i went to in the 70's tuition has only quintupled

which is pretty good. $135/hr in district.
hopefully pumping up pell grants is on the table. it ought to be set to at least full tuition in a cc.

[PBC_Democrat]

3. I Believe CC should be free ...

But that it should be a state program rather than a federal program.

Federal programs are too unwieldy and far too open to abuse.

I am totally in favor of increasing PELL grants.

[SYFROYH]

4. Locally - tech college is $100/credit and state university is $183 (instate)

Of course, there are fees. I was surprised that the tech college charged a flat $321 per semester.

The nearby comprehensive university doesn't charge fees for the first three credit hours, but $812 at the fourth credit hour and $957 with 5+ credit hours per semester.

[hedda_foil]

5. Which state?

[SYFROYH]

6. Georgia -- southeast GA

[hedda_foil]

8. Thanks. Those prices are impressively low.

[SYFROYH]

9. Yes, and we have the HOPE Scholarship that pays 90% of tuition

90% of tuition, but not fees, lodging, meals, or books.

Still, it helps a lot.

The downside is that there isn't enough funding for academics.

[lagomorph777]

7. Thanks, SineManchin. Can't have the proles getting uppity, now, can we?

[jcmaine72]

10. She's not alone. n/t