Minnesota Governor Proposes Two Years "Free" College Tuition for the Top High School Students

Patricia Lopez and Dan Wescoe:

Nearly all high school students in the top fourth of their graduating class would get free tuition at any state college or university, under a plan proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday.

An estimated 15,000 students would get two years free at the University of Minnesota or Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system schools as early as fall 2007 and could continue the free ride in their final two years by majoring in science, technology, engineering or math.

Families making as much as $150,000 in adjusted gross income would be eligible -- about 93 percent of the state's households.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 28, 2006 12:16 PM
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