Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never a dull moment. The spending bills are being held up in the House now by a few Republicans. Who knows where it will end up? Seems likely something will be worked out, and I sincerely doubt they would strip out the TAG money at this point, but don't count your chickens, etc.

Woo hoo it passed, will be signed shortly, $15k/year finally!

Yay for us!

Signed a mom of a 10th and 8th grader.

Anonymous wrote:Never a dull moment. The spending bills are being held up in the House now by a few Republicans. Who knows where it will end up? Seems likely something will be worked out, and I sincerely doubt they would strip out the TAG money at this point, but don't count your chickens, etc.

Woo hoo it passed, will be signed shortly, $15k/year finally!

Well, soon it will be by 15K. Other schools are much more affordable than 45K out of state.

It would no bring DC on par with other in state tuition cost. UMD in-state roughly 10k but out of state is roughly 45k. Tag only reduces out of state tuition cost by 10k.

Never a dull moment. The spending bills are being held up in the House now by a few Republicans. Who knows where it will end up? Seems likely something will be worked out, and I sincerely doubt they would strip out the TAG money at this point, but don't count your chickens, etc.

25 years?!? So no hope that it will increase to 20K by the time my 4th graders goes to college.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Senate passed the whole package except the DHS bill; they extended current DHS funding for two weeks. The House is due to vote Monday on the stuff the Senate passed Friday.

Any changes will complicate the whole thing and keep the government shut down, so odds are, this provision will make it through and be signed into law Monday night.

Amazing. What took this so long to accomplish?

It would have all passed last week, but when DHS agents killed the second person in Minneapolis in a month, that slowed down passage.

I could be wrong, but I thought PP was asking why did it take over 25 years to increase the amount. Votes in Congress. The stars finally aligned.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Senate passed the whole package except the DHS bill; they extended current DHS funding for two weeks. The House is due to vote Monday on the stuff the Senate passed Friday.

Any changes will complicate the whole thing and keep the government shut down, so odds are, this provision will make it through and be signed into law Monday night.

Amazing. What took this so long to accomplish?

It would have all passed last week, but when DHS agents killed the second person in Minneapolis in a month, that slowed down passage.

Anonymous wrote:The Senate passed the whole package except the DHS bill; they extended current DHS funding for two weeks. The House is due to vote Monday on the stuff the Senate passed Friday.

Any changes will complicate the whole thing and keep the government shut down, so odds are, this provision will make it through and be signed into law Monday night.

Amazing. What took this so long to accomplish?

The Senate passed the whole package except the DHS bill; they extended current DHS funding for two weeks. The House is due to vote Monday on the stuff the Senate passed Friday.

Any changes will complicate the whole thing and keep the government shut down, so odds are, this provision will make it through and be signed into law Monday night.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The senate passed several budget bills tonight (Friday, Jan 30). Does anyone know if the DCTAG language increasing to $15K is part of any of them?

It was included in the State and Treasury funding bill which has passed. No clue if anything changed in Senate, but the House has usually been the biggest hurdle on DC TAG.

This is the bill which passed the House with the 15k in it, has not been voted on by the Senate yet, based on everything I have read, it should be on Monday.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7006

This is in the bill text if you select that menu item.

"Sec. 820. The District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code), is amended—

(1) in section 3—

(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$15,000”;

..."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The senate passed several budget bills tonight (Friday, Jan 30). Does anyone know if the DCTAG language increasing to $15K is part of any of them?

It was included in the State and Treasury funding bill which has passed. No clue if anything changed in Senate, but the House has usually been the biggest hurdle on DC TAG.

This is the bill which passed the House with the 15k in it, has not been voted on by the Senate yet, based on everything I have read, it should be on Monday.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7006

This is S.3290 senate approprations bill. If this is the bill that was passed it looks as though the $40,000,000 has survived from the House bill. No mention of the individual increase to 15k, but perhaps distribution is at the discretion of the District.

TITLE IV
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Federal Funds

federal payment for resident tuition support

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose therefor.

Anonymous wrote:The senate passed several budget bills tonight (Friday, Jan 30). Does anyone know if the DCTAG language increasing to $15K is part of any of them?

Good question.

Anonymous wrote:The senate passed several budget bills tonight (Friday, Jan 30). Does anyone know if the DCTAG language increasing to $15K is part of any of them?

It was included in the State and Treasury funding bill which has passed. No clue if anything changed in Senate, but the House has usually been the biggest hurdle on DC TAG.