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Public education costs take 50% or more from every state's budget.

FIFTY PERCENT!

And that's just the state's contribution.

Big Education - it's a giant LIBERAL money laundering machine, socialist policy generating factory and indoctrination center.

Walker Plan to Tie Tuition to the CPI Has Already Failed ".............And just more than 10 years ago, Republican lawmakers in Congress were pushing a plan – spearheaded by former Rep. Buck McKeon of California – that would punish colleges for big tuition increases. Under the proposal, if a school – public or private – increased its tuition and other costs of attendance by more than twice the CPI for two years in a row, it would be banned from participating in federal student aid programs. McKeon later abandoned the proposal, but Republicans pushed similar provisions to publicly identify institutions with large tuition increases in their attempt to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.

When Congress was considering McKeon's first proposal, Alexander Astin – founding director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA – wrote a review claiming it could actually result in making college less affordable for needy students, because many colleges, especially private ones, use a portion of their tuition revenue for financial aid.

"If inflation creates a potential budget shortfall for a private institution, and if the 'affordability' legislation makes it impossible for that institution to match the shortfall through a tuition increase, how is it to make up the difference?" Astin wrote. "Obviously, the temptation to cut back on financial aid will be great, a choice that will force the institution either to favor its well-to-do applicants over its poor applicants in the admissions process, or to offer less aid to the latter."...............

7 posted on 04/16/2015 1:31:06 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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January 3, 2011 - Walker assumes Office of Governor of Wisconsin.

June 27, 2011: Walker Revokes In-state Tuition For Undocumented Students Attending Univ And Colleges In Wisconsin "- On Sunday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) signed his two-year 2011-2013 budget, which included ending in-state tuition for undocumented students attending public universities and colleges. In-state tuition for undocumented students was approved two years ago by former Governor Jim Doyle (D) after the Hispanic community struggled for 10 years to pass it."...

4 years of protests, recall elections and John Doe investigations

Jan 23, 2015: Scott Walker proposes way for 'real life experience' to qualify for teaching license "Anyone with “real-life experience” and a bachelor’s degree would be able to get a teaching license in any subject as long as they pass a test proving they are knowledgeable, under a budget provision Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday...The proposal would expand the non-traditional routes available to become licensed without an education degree. "....

8 posted on 04/16/2015 1:46:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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