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"Make public colleges and universities, as well as private HBCUs and MSIs, tuition-free for all families with incomes below $125,000."
President Joe Biden's hope of making public colleges and universities tuition free for families earning less than $125,000 is languishing.
Biden included several higher-education provisions in the American Families Plan he released in April, including a proposed $109 billion to ensure that "first-time students and workers wanting to reskill can enroll in a community college to earn a degree or credential for free."
As the American Families Plan morphed into a legislative vehicle known as the Build Back Better bill, however, the community college provision was removed in an effort to limit the package's price tag, which was seen as an obstacle to passage in both chambers.
But the tuition-free colleges proposal didn't even make it that far. It wasn't included in either the American Families Plan or in the Build Back Better bill. So we rate the promise Stalled.
White House, "Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan," April 28, 2021
Inside Higher Ed, "Biden Proposes Free Community College, Pell Expansion," April 28, 2021
Email interview with Michelle Miller-Adams, Grand Valley State University political scientist, Dec. 16, 2021