Alaskan Gov Proposing Major Funding For College
This is an interesting situation — could prove to be beneficial for encouraging many Alaskan students to work harder:
Gov. Sean Parnell is proposing the state pay the entire Alaska college or job training tuition for every high school student who graduates with a A average and takes four years of math, science and language arts. Students who graduate with a B could get 75 percent of their tuition covered under the plan.
There is the question of constitutionality: is it appropriate to use the tax payer dollars of Alaskans to pay for the college of people who are not their children, etc.?
I think the answer might be’yes.’ The entire community is bettered by students who work harder in school, and students who have more opportunity; and if this offer is open to all future Alaskans it is an investment in the future of Alaska itself.
Consider that there is already free public education through high school — why not reward the hardest working students, who have not squandered the funds that were provided to better themselves?
I agree with the proposal — it is merely a shame that not every state can afford to do such a thing.