During budget deliberations today, the House of Representatives adopted an amendment offered by Rep. Rich Grucela that would help Pennsylvania's community colleges keep tuition rates down.
Community colleges play an important role in our educational system.
We must help them succeed in their mission to provide quality, affordable education to residents. The appropriation for community colleges would be increased to pay for the reimbursement change. Grucela said a reimbursement increase was one of 19 recommendations made by the House Education Committee's Subcommittee on Higher Education following a comprehensive study of Pennsylvania' s community colleges. The subcommittee was charged with looking for ways to improve the community college system and make it more affordable. There are 15 community colleges in Pennsylvania, which serve more than 350,000 people.