Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are not going to be happy about this. They were so close to getting their way.
The College Fix reports:
‘Free community college’ is dead, Jill Biden saysFirst Lady Jill Biden told community college leaders on Monday that the Build Back Better agenda no longer includes complete taxpayer support for an associates degree.“Congress hasn’t passed the Build Back Better legislation, yet. And free community college is no longer part of that package,” Biden said at the Community College National Legislative Summit.The First Lady is also an instructor at Northern Virginia Community College where she makes more than $80K per year.“Like you, I was disappointed, because, like you, these aren’t just bills or budgets to me, to you, right?” Biden said. “We know what they mean for real people, for our students, and it was a real lesson in human nature that some people just don’t get that.”She said “entire towns can be transformed” when companies work with community colleges.“We’ve seen how fragile that grasp on middle class life can be, how our students struggle to pay their bills and buy their books,” the First Lady said. She said in her classroom she had to “loan a student a book” because he had not gotten paid yet.The First Lady said going to college could be easier if taxpayers spent more money on “high-speed Internet,” “affordable prescriptions” or “more Pell grants.”She also shared the story of a student who could not find reliable childcare while taking one of Biden’s courses, which are all taught remotely.
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