Is CT community college free for everyone?

While Connecticut’s community colleges are not free to attend, qualifying students can graduate without tuition-related debt through the state’s Pledge to Advance Connecticut initiative. The program will cover all tuition and mandatory fees for some of the state’s poorest students.

But when officials increase tuition as they have in recent years, that not only increases direct costs for roughly two-thirds of all community college students — those outside of the PACT — but also could force those in the program to cover a greater share of related costs, involving books, computers and transportation.

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