“We already paid for it. Now you have to go to college.”
That’s what Texas parents will be saying to their kids about 15 years from now.
Prepaid college funds carry a ton of mess with them. But Texas is starting their own version of the tried and (not so) true guilt trip, and parents are buying.
Here’s more, from The Monitor:
- On Wednesday, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs unveiled the state’s new pre-paid college tuition plan, the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, which allows parents to lock in on current tuition and fees prices at public state institutions.
- The fund offers three payment plans from which parents can choose. The first plan allows parents to put money toward paying for what would be the most expensive public school in the state. The second has parents pay an average cost of tuition and fees for all public four-year schools. The third allows parents to pay an average cost of tuition and fees for all two-year community colleges, according to the comptroller’s office.
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