I may be wrong but didn’t Reagan start free jr college as gov or California? It’s what I was told years ago by a native of that state.
As for buying the 2012 election, it’s how he got there in 2008.
I attended a junior college and a state college in California while Reagan was governor. It wasn’t free but very cheap. I don’t know whether he started it—it may date back earlier than his becoming governor (following the 1966 election).