Will Yavapai Community College ever seriously explore this possibility?
Rhode Island has become the fourth state in the United States to make community college tuition and fees free. The tuition and fee waiver applies to all students regardless of income.
Rhode Island follows New York, Oregon, and Tennessee in making tuition and fees free at the community college level.
Typically, Yavapai Community College has increased tuition in some form every year for the past 10 years. It currently collects around $10 million a year in tuition. Is it possible, given the current excess revenue that is used to build parking lots, tennis courts, and buildings, to make tuition free for Yavapai residents and their children or at least reduced by many dollars at the College? Will the College and the Governing Board seriously study and discuss this issue?