Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Florida, boy I don't know

Some girl lived in Florida her whole life but now her father lives somewhere else. Now the University of Flordia wants her to pay out of state tuition. You know that is neither here nor there really. They have published guidelines on who is a resident and who isn't and in most cases it matters where the money is coming from, I understand that. My problem is this quote:

  • The state's comparatively low in-state tuition rates and scholarship opportunities for Floridians constitute a significant taxpayer burden that lawmakers hope to keep at bay, said Sara Hamon, an expert on residency issues with the state Department of Education.

If Florida has cheaper in-state tuition rates and better scholarship opportunities guess what that means dumb shit, more kids in Florida can go to college. This from someone in the Department of Education. There are enough people in government to worry about who is going to pay for this and how to raise what taxes. What I want from anyone who works in Department of Education is figuring out how to get more kids to go to school and it sounds like that have. Let someone else worry about paying for it, lord knows there are enough of them in government.

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