No, not quite. Kerry's original proposal, back during the primaries (Edwards' proposal as well) was that your kids have no choice in the matter, if they want their high school diploma.
Also, if for some reason you behaved like the insane ant in the colony and sought to pay for your child's education, you might be considered unpatriotic or abnormal or subversive. For sure you would think you had some say in what college the kids attend, if you were freely paying for it. Which is a mark of privilege and offensively classist...
Ok, it won't go that sour overnight, but sooner or later it'll get there.
That is one step too close to Communism for me - Australia here we come!!!!!