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[quote=Anonymous]Big picture -- DC does not have a public higher education system option, unlike every state in the Union. There are no means tests for in-state tuition at any state schools, even if income would impact potential financial aid. Just because the bar is set somewhat high does not mean that a bar should be set at all. The purpose of DCTAG is to provide DC residents with a comparable public/regional school option that does not otherwise exist. It's not intended as a giveaway, and it pales in comparison to the enormous federal subsidies the feds already provide to higher education in various forms (loans, grants, trusts, etc). DC students get hit twice -- once by not have the lower cost public option and secondly by being forced to pay a premium out out of state schools. DC TAG offsets this inequity. It should be retained, if not expanded to keep up with the inflationary costs of out of state tuition.[/quote]
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