For all of us, tuition rates have been astronomically increasing. Working families are struggling to send their children to college as they work longer hours while their wages stay the same.
I am in one of those working families. My dad is an immigrant, a small business owner who provides jobs to our community. I have worked at the Portuguese consulate, I have worked in political campaigns, and throughout my career I have worked legally, and havecontributed my fair share of taxes.
And yet, there are some who wish to deny my family the opportunity to send their child to college. At the University of Rhode Island, out-of-state tuition would mean an additional cost of over $16,000 per year. An unfair and unjust burden. We are Rhode Islanders and Americans as much as you and your families are. We are all trying to make a better life, which are contributing economically, to this great state of ours.
With the passage of H7374, myself along with hundreds of others will not have to worry about a future administration rescinding tuition equity in Rhode Island, as it would then be codified in law.
Read the full bill text here:
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText16/HouseText16/H7374.pdf
