The Volunteer State's 'Tennessee Promise' program offers two years of tuition-free community college or technical school to all high school graduates.
on the campaign trail, affordable higher education advocates across the political spectrum are pushing a simpler approach: Look to the states.
The Volunteer State's"Tennessee Promise" program, passed in 2014 by the GOP-controlled legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Bill Haslam, a Republican, offers two years of tuition-free community college or technical school to all high school graduates.
Tennessee Promise is funded entirely by an endowment that was created from the state’s lottery reserve fund. No tax increases were needed at any point, a crucial draw for state Republicans. “We needed more Tennesseans with a credential beyond high school,” said Mike Krause, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission — the state's de facto head of higher education.
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