Governor Kicks Off Excelsior Scholarship Campaign to Make College Tuition Free for New York’s Middle-Class Families
Innovative Plan Would Make College Tuition-Free for Families Making up to $125,000 per year, Saving Students Both Time and Money by Alleviating Crushing Burden of Student Loans and Incentivizing On-Time Graduation
Governor Releases Regional Breakdown of Families Eligible Under Bold Proposal – Nearly 80 Percent or More Than 940,000 Families Across New York Would Qualify – Available Here
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Governor Deploying Lieutenant Governor and Cabinet Members to Meet with Students and Faculty at SUNY and CUNY Campuses Statewide In Support of Nation-Leading Free Tuition Program
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by more than 600 students and supporters, today kicked off the Excelsior Scholarship Campaign at Buffalo State College in Western New York. In the coming weeks and months, the Governor will tour SUNY and CUNY campuses statewide to ensure hundreds of thousands of students across the state realize their dreams of higher education and work to make college tuition free for New York’s middle-class families. Under the Governor’s bold proposal, approximately 80 percent or more than 940,000 New York families would qualify to attend SUNY or CUNY tuition-free. The Governor also released a regional breakdown of eligible families in every corner of the Empire State, available here.
As part of the new campaign, the Governor is also deploying Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul and cabinet members to meet with students and faculty at SUNY and CUNY campuses in support of the first-ever free tuition plan at both two- and four-year colleges.
