February 22, 2017      5:38 PM

Tuition set aside bill gets Senate committee approval

Sen. Watson objects: “We fly in the face of the reason it was created, which is to provide protection for the families that end up having to pay.”

The Senate Committee on Higher Education passed Sen. Kel Seliger’s tuition set aside bill out of committee Wednesday 4-2, with Democratic Senators José Menéndez and Kirk Watson voting against it and Sen. Royce West not voting.  

The set aside in question requires that public universities put aside a portion of student tuition for financial aid. Seliger’s bill removes this mandate, though universities could choose to keep it in place.

“College affordability is an issue the legislature must address, but we should not do it for some students on the backs of others that may very well be of the same financial status,” Seliger said.

By Eleanor Dearman

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