...free for middle-class students....
What about everyone else? Doesn’t that defy the Constitution’s equal protection clause?
Everyone else? Tough noogies - their tuition will increase for obvious reasons.
Fun fact: NY is currently in violation of a court order to fully fund public schools - they haven’t been able to abide by a formula that is supposed to distribute funds more equitably.
So if NY can’t manage to honor that court order - where is this stash of cash coming from for “free” tuition?