Make community and technical colleges tuition-free.

Adam Smith · Washington · Democratic

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Occurrences

This legislation is about breaking down those barriers, making community and technical college tuition-free, expanding wraparound support, and creating high schools that connect academics with real-world technical skills.

Smith backs legislation to make community and technical colleges tuition-free.

Rep. Adam Smith Introduces Education Package to Expand Tuition-Free Community College and Career-Connected High Schools | Congressman Adam Smith
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Evidence

Smith said his education package would make community and technical college tuition-free, and the press release says the Community and Technical College Investment Act creates a federal-state partnership to do so.

Clear concrete legislative effort to deliver the promise, but only at introduction stage and not enacted.

partial later_term A for effort

Rep. Adam Smith Introduces Education Package to Expand Tuition-Free Community College and Career-Connected High Schools | Congressman Adam Smith
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GovInfo shows Smith introduced H.R. 3028, which the record describes as a bill to facilitate the transition to tuition-free community college in certain states; the action listed is referral to the Education and the Workforce Committee.

Official bill record confirms an earlier serious attempt, but it remained at introduction/referral and did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R. 3028 - Community and Technical College Investment Act of 2023
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The bill page lists Adam Smith as sponsor and shows the latest action as referral to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Ways and Means after introduction.

Most recent official bill status still shows introduction and committee referral only, so the promise remains unresolved as of the latest available legislative action.

unresolved later_term A for effort

All Information (Except Text) for H.R. 5532 - Congress.gov
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Adam Smith introduced and sponsored federal legislation intended to create tuition-free community and technical college through a federal-state partnership, including H.R. 3028 in the 118th Congress and H.R. 5532 in the 119th Congress. However, the evidence shows those bills were only introduced and referred to committee, with no enactment or completed federal outcome making community and technical colleges tuition-free. This is a serious legislative attempt but not fulfillment of the promised outcome.

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