It is totally voluntary. No one has to take the deal.
I would not ever offer such a cushy deal with other peoples money in the first place.
...but not THIS one.
How can I, a FReeper, speak such heresy?
State/local governments do this kind of thing all the time, as does the federal government.
The feds (at least used to) have a program for student loan forgiveness for those who go in the military. Don't know if it still exists, but at least it used to.
State/local governments grant tax breaks and build out infrastructure on a fairly regular basis to attract industry to their locality. Some local governments work with industry to build out vocational training programs as well as college programs to build a trained workforce for the industry. These things are seen as win-win deals as they bring money into the local area.
So I could see such a thing at the New York State level, but with some caveats.
Now am I naive enough to think they'll implement the bullets above? Of course not. That's why I said "I can see some kind of plan, but not this one."
Oh, the professors are foregoing their pay. That is so very noble of them. A total dedication to their chosen profession, now, a labor of love.
There will be a wall too - to keep people in
why don't they tell their rich retirees to stay in the state...why should the state pay out these rich pensions if the dopes are just going to move to Florida...
Public college plantation.
Even though this is retarded beyond belief, too many millennial idiots still don’t like it. Wow. Nothing but full blown communism for these heads full of mush.
Wonder if they’re going to put an age limit in that bill.
Imagine that all New Yorkers of all ages applied for the “benefit”. And imagine that the state gets inundated with millions of New Yorkers applying for the free tuition.
The state would not be able to deny anyone of any age the benefit, else there will will be accusations of age discrimination. And, the applicants who work to pay for the benefit, would be more entitled to the benefit, since they’re the ones paying for that benefit; can’t deny them applying for the benefit that they’re the ones paying for it.
“I’m a New Yorker. I wouldn’t leave the state for anything,”
That’s what I thought.
Then I did.
Won’t go back.
This program will be around for one or two years, until the esteemed math professor emeritus of SUNY realizes that:
Oops, my Excel spreadsheet dropped a coupl’a digits when it came up with a cost of $160 million!
Why do they say it’s free?
Are the teachers working for no pay? If not, Who’s paying them?
In New York, homeowners pay yearly property taxes to fund public K-12 education. I’m sure this will increase to fund this payment. If so, why say that it’s free?
And why do people think it’s free? My kid was talking about some big scholarship a friend was on thinking of applying wanting advice. I said look into who funds it and whether you want to owe them they’re not just giving away an education no matter how much money they have It’s like ROTC only ROTC admits up front that you owe them
This whole thing is so stupid.
I was that young and foolish once. Then I drew my first paycheck.