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Michigan panel wants to make community college free for all

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan should make community college free for all and give merit-based scholarships to high school graduates who attend the state’s public universities, says a commission formed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

The panel released a report Friday that calls for getting rid of grade levels and instead advancing students only once they master content.

The study also recommends universal access to preschool for all 4-year-olds — not just disadvantaged and poor ones — and state aid to help pay for school buildings in low-income districts and those used by publicly funded charter schools. Another key recommendation proposes seeking a 2018 constitutional amendment to give the governor, whose K-12 powers are limited outside of funding decisions, more sway over education policy by having direct oversight of the state Education Department.

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NOTHING is FREE March 10, 2017 at 2:17 pm

Just another government entitlement that will be siphoned from the few people still paying taxes in the state.

And in the end, you’ll get what you paid for. A worthless government entitlement level education that won’t get you anything but a government mandated ‘job’. You might as well hoist the SKODA sign over what’s left of government motors and start turning out Yugo’s for your bright socialist future.

I hope Snider throws this commissions reports in the dustbin that awaits it before the state is thrown there.

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