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[quote=Anonymous][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]

+1 DC students should be granted in state tuition rates in every state. Period. There aren't that many of us and we have no state school option and no voting rights. There shouldn't be means testing at any level, since there isn't means testing for in-state schools[/quote]

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