I’m not sure what State you are in Dawn, but if it is Ga, the State certainly got college funding done right because they use ALL the Lottery money they collect and put it into education...Florida had a similar mision statement for their Lottery but the fools in Tallahassee let the Lottery money be divied up so now only a fraction goes to Education..If they had stuck to 100% of funding for all college students, this would make for a much better College Tuition situation- namely free college for all college students...Seems like it would work in all States, especially those where Lottery sales are high...
As it is the tuitions at our State schools are fairly low compared to national averages, but still high enough to shut out some bright and deserving students...Hopefully one day this will be reformed by a good governor, but in this day of financial crisis who knows when that would happen...
North Carolina also has a similar Dual Enrollment program, so many kids are graduating from high school with their AA.