Student MEA member testifies on bill to help Uº£½ÇÉçÇø System students with tuition

March 7, 2023 Child Development and Family Relations, Early Childhood Education, In the News, News, Research and Outreach, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development, Student & Alumni Profiles

-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) and -TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) featured the testimony of University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Student MEA member Liam Anderson in coverage of L.D. 512, a bill that would provide 50% tuition vouchers to º£½ÇÉçÇø residents who get a high school diploma between 2023 and 2025, live in º£½ÇÉçÇø at the time they enroll in a University of º£½ÇÉçÇø System school, pursue a degree full time during those years, and maintain at least a 2.0 GPA from their sophomore through senior years. “We’re struggling to financially justify going to a university,” Anderson, a junior majoring in Child Development and Family Relations (Early Childhood Education), told the º£½ÇÉçÇø Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. “These tuition waivers can provide an equitable opportunity, parallel and justifiable to our free community college programs.” Uº£½ÇÉçÇø has the largest Student MEA chapter in the state. Anderson serves on the MEA Government Relations committee.