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TexasTowelie

(116,744 posts) Sun Feb 10, 2019, 07:45 AM Feb 2019

Bill to give free year of tuition to STEM students fails in North Dakota Senate

BISMARCK — A bill that would have given STEM students a break on tuition their senior year failed to garner enough votes Friday in the Senate.

Senate Bill 2334, introduced by Sen. Curt Kreun, R-Grand Forks, would have created a senior year tuition waiver program for students majoring in a field of science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

Students would have received their senior year tuition-free only if they remained employed in North Dakota for at least three years after graduation.

The bill received a 6-1 “do not pass” recommendation from the Senate Education committee.

Read more: https://www.inforum.com/news/government-and-politics/966713-Bill-to-give-free-year-of-tuition-to-STEM-students-fails-in-North-Dakota-Senate

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Bill to give free year of tuition to STEM students fails in North Dakota Senate (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2019 OP

I wouldn't have expected that from a guy with an R next to his name. Afromania Feb 2019 #1

Education reform should include vocational tech for all Thunderbeast Feb 2019 #2

Afromania

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1. I wouldn't have expected that from a guy with an R next to his name.

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Sun Feb 10, 2019, 08:24 AM

Feb 2019

There must be a serious brain drain going on for him to even make the attempt.

Thunderbeast

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2. Education reform should include vocational tech for all

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Sun Feb 10, 2019, 12:23 PM

Feb 2019

We have lost practical life skills focus. It would be useful to build a model that includes a year of hands-on skills training for all....even the college-bound.

I was fortunate to spend two years at a vocational-technical high school. I spent about eight hours per week learning about how stuff works, and how it is made. It was the most useful period of my advanced education.

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