Whitmer touts free community college. It’s not true for all Michigan kids | Bridge Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and fellow Democrats are touting a new state-funded Michigan “guarantee” she says will grant “tuition-free community college for every high school graduate’s.

But there's a catch: Roughly one in five Michigan students won't get the full benefit because they don't live in a community college district.

The community college program only grants free tuition to students who live and attend school in one of Michigan 's 28 community college districts.

Whitmer ’s administration has consistently offered a more nuanced portrayal of the program.

The administration estimates the program will save more than 18,000 students up to $ 4,800 a year.

The complicated college financial aid system makes it “very difficult to send a simple message to students about how much it costs, an official says.

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