State treasurer riled over bill to cut tuition

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Marissa Brent-Tookey Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>State treasurer riled over bill to cut tuition</h1>
                <h2><p>State Treasurer James McIntire claims that a bill to cut Washington college tuition by 25 percent could harm investors in the Guaranteed Education Program, the Seattle Times reports. GET is a state-run program selling units of tuition that keep their value even as tuition costs increase. McIntire, who is also</p></h2>
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            <p>State Treasurer James McIntire claims that a bill to cut Washington college tuition by 25 percent could harm investors in the Guaranteed Education Program, <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/gop-tuition-cut-would-hurt-state-get-program-treasurer-says/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">the Seattle Times reports</a>. GET is a state-run program selling units of tuition that keep their value even as tuition costs increase. McIntire, who is also a GET Committee member, addressed Gov. Jay Inslee and others in a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2091167-mcintire-letter-on-get.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">letter</a> that warns a Senate bill on lowering tuition could expose the state to "additional liability" with investors.</p>
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State Treasurer James McIntire claims that a bill to cut Washington college tuition by 25 percent could harm investors in the Guaranteed Education Program, the Seattle Times reports. GET is a state-run program selling units of tuition that keep their value even as tuition costs increase. McIntire, who is also a GET Committee member, addressed Gov. Jay Inslee and others in a letter that warns a Senate bill on lowering tuition could expose the state to "additional liability" with investors.

By Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She holds a B.A. in French from Seattle University and now studies film production at Shoreline Community College. In addition to crewing a doz