Free tuition details are evolving

With what appear to be protracted Democrat/Republican negotiations on a measure to Raise the Age of criminal culpability, another issue has taken some unexpected twists and turns — Gov. Cuomo’s proposal for free SUNY/CUNY tuition for students whose families earn less than $125,000 per year.

One facet of the plan, which would penalize private schools that raise their tuition too fast was said to be taken off the table early on in negotiations. It had initially been seen as a bargaining chip.

But now, that possibility has been revived, as some GOP Senators have expressed dismay at the high cost of private schools, at least some of the best-known ones (Cuomo surely knows about this first-hand with his kids attending Harvard and Brown universities).

According to those who are close to the talks, some Republican senators are starting to view a disincentive to rising private school tuition as something that might play well with their largely suburban constituents.

Read more: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/273663/free-tuition-details-are-evolving/