New York State free tuition plan

In California, community colleges were tuition free at one point. When the state realized it couldn’t afford it, it kept the tuition free but started imposing per credit “fees”.

CUNY was free until the year before I started, back in 1976.

H went to Stony Brook and came home every weekend to work to earn the money that let him stay in the dorm. He went locally in NYC for 2 years and then transferred out.

I think the scholarship will help families that make too much for Pell and too little to be full pay at a SUNY. If the tuition is covered, the families might be able to manage room and board for the last 2 years if the kid commutes from home the first two years and they save up.

It won’t benefit me.

What about this restriction -
The agreement requires those who receive free tuition to live and work in the state for the same number of years that they receive the awards.
Do they have to repay something when two years after graduation they move out of state - who and how will this be tracked?

By tax returns, I guess.

@kiddie, You realize the school has students’ social security numbers, right? It seems like it would be fairly simple to track your hypothetical student down.