Maine LD1255: An Act to Ensure In-state Tuition for Postsecondary Students Who Are Registered to Vote in the State and to Amend Eligibility Re

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An Act to Ensure Instate Tuition for Postsecondary Students Who Are Registered to Vote in the State and to Amend Eligibility Requirements for the Free Community College Tuition Program" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act to Require That an Individual Enrolled in the Free Community College Tuition Program Lives in the State Prior to Enrollment at a Community College' Amend the bill by striking out all of.

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An Act to Ensure Instate Tuition for Postsecondary Students Who Are Registered to Vote in the State and to Amend Eligibility Requirements for the Free Community College Tuition Program" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act to Require That an Individual Enrolled in the Free Community College Tuition Program Lives in the State Prior to Enrollment at a Community College' Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1. Amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated Sec. QQQ-3 in subsection 2 by striking out all of paragraph B-1 (page 2, lines 9 and 10 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 'B-1. Reside in the State for at least one year prior to enrollment in a Maine community college;' Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively. SUMMARY 2233 This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, reduces a person's 2244 residence requirement in the State prior to enrollment in a Maine community college in 2255 order to be eligible for free tuition in the Maine Community College System from at least 2266 2 years in the bill to at least one year. The amendment also removes from eligibility being 2277 a graduate of a high school in the …

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