June 4, 1999

House Passes Tuition Break for D.C. Residents

By SARA HEBEL

The House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation last week that would allow recent high-school graduates living in the District of Columbia to pay lower, in-state tuition rates at public colleges throughout the United States.

The bill, which builds on a $17-million proposal in President Clinton's fiscal-2000 budget, would provide D.C. high-school graduates as much as $10,000 each year to pay the

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