Raimondo promises push to expand free tuition to URI, RIC

Providence Journal: Gov. Gina Raimondo, if reelected, has pledged to expand the free college tuition program at the Community College of Rhode Island to the state’s two four-year colleges at a estimated cost of $35 million.

In a news conference at CCRI’s Lincoln campus, she also promised to offer free tuition to all adults at CCRI.

Raimondo also proposed increasing the number of training opportunities for adults through a program called Real Jobs Rhode Island. A second jobs training center in northern Rhode Island was announced during her State of the State speech earlier this year. Westerly has the first training site.

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