What are they going to do with their college degrees there are no jobs in NYS. Also let the middle class have to take out massive loans to send their kids to college. Middle class gets screwed again!
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Angela DeBeer
12 years ago
Full funding for our public high schools should be restored as well as more tuition assistance for college students before we give tax dollars toward an inmates college.
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Ellen Armitage
12 years ago
My children
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william rizzieri
12 years ago
Who's going to hire a convicted felon?? Teach them trades instead...
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Jill Waz
12 years ago
The resources should go to teaching individuals how to be responsible citizens in the first place. More support for schools and families
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melodee janczewski
12 years ago
Govenor is destrying the good for the people of ny!!!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
my kids are struggling to pay for college, the are hard working both at school and at there jobs and are not in jail just not fair
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Anonymous
12 years ago
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Hard-working, law-abiding citizens struggle or save to earn a degree. A FREE degree for inmates is a poor plan. I would however support a plan if the inmates paid for their education, either through their own loans or if they earn money in prison.
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Maureen Mirando
12 years ago
I am livid about this! My 2 boys attend U.B. & I told them to use 2 separate credit cards of mine when tuition was due in January so the bills would be spread out a bit, but it wasn't enough. My husband & I work hard, making an honest living & struggle to pay all our bills.
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Matthew Abernathy
12 years ago
While I do believe that better educated inmates would make more successful members of society, as a current student rife with student loan debt, I cannot support this proposition. Until a college education is made affordable for hard-working students of any income class, I feel that this bill and its intent could be redirected elsewhere.
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Beth Pericozzi
12 years ago
Middle class families can't afford to send their kids to college without huge load, and you want criminals to go for free -ridicules !!!!!
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Bruce Markwardt
12 years ago
I DO NOT think prisoners deserve a college education for free! The people that should be helped are the poor who are struggling to make ends meet. Also the college students trying to get a education.
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Deborah Lafountain
12 years ago
college for crminals speaks for itself...they are CRIMINALS...what are you thinking?...or are you thinking?
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Nancy McGraw
12 years ago
My kids, ages 20 and 23 could not afford a college education despite one being in the Navy and the other having scholarships. I am insulted by this although I believe prison inmates need to be rehabilitated and given opportunities to improve their chances to be productive citizens. Our law abiding kids should come first with the routing of our taxes.
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Kelly allinger
12 years ago
No way should this be ok!
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Sherri Dunham
12 years ago
I feel they need to apply for FASFA just like everyone else. There shouldn't be a such a rewarding benefit to being incarcerated. There are many students that struggle with debt of college for many years. EARN YOUR EDUCATION.. don't have it handed to you!
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Annette Havens
12 years ago
maybe we could use that money to help our children get more grants and financial aid from the state instead of spending it on our inmates. why reward them for commiting crimes.
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Sam Eubank
12 years ago
Find another way...I do not want to find a convicted felons education
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Anonymous
12 years ago
There should be education offered to prisoners if they desirr but not at the expense of the tax payer.
Think things through!!!!
What are they going to do with their college degrees there are no jobs in NYS. Also let the middle class have to take out massive loans to send their kids to college. Middle class gets screwed again!
Full funding for our public high schools should be restored as well as more tuition assistance for college students before we give tax dollars toward an inmates college.
My children
Who's going to hire a convicted felon?? Teach them trades instead...
The resources should go to teaching individuals how to be responsible citizens in the first place. More support for schools and families
Govenor is destrying the good for the people of ny!!!
my kids are struggling to pay for college, the are hard working both at school and at there jobs and are not in jail just not fair
Hard-working, law-abiding citizens struggle or save to earn a degree. A FREE degree for inmates is a poor plan. I would however support a plan if the inmates paid for their education, either through their own loans or if they earn money in prison.
I am livid about this! My 2 boys attend U.B. & I told them to use 2 separate credit cards of mine when tuition was due in January so the bills would be spread out a bit, but it wasn't enough. My husband & I work hard, making an honest living & struggle to pay all our bills.
While I do believe that better educated inmates would make more successful members of society, as a current student rife with student loan debt, I cannot support this proposition. Until a college education is made affordable for hard-working students of any income class, I feel that this bill and its intent could be redirected elsewhere.
Middle class families can't afford to send their kids to college without huge load, and you want criminals to go for free -ridicules !!!!!
I DO NOT think prisoners deserve a college education for free! The people that should be helped are the poor who are struggling to make ends meet. Also the college students trying to get a education.
college for crminals speaks for itself...they are CRIMINALS...what are you thinking?...or are you thinking?
My kids, ages 20 and 23 could not afford a college education despite one being in the Navy and the other having scholarships. I am insulted by this although I believe prison inmates need to be rehabilitated and given opportunities to improve their chances to be productive citizens. Our law abiding kids should come first with the routing of our taxes.
No way should this be ok!
I feel they need to apply for FASFA just like everyone else. There shouldn't be a such a rewarding benefit to being incarcerated. There are many students that struggle with debt of college for many years. EARN YOUR EDUCATION.. don't have it handed to you!
maybe we could use that money to help our children get more grants and financial aid from the state instead of spending it on our inmates. why reward them for commiting crimes.
Find another way...I do not want to find a convicted felons education
There should be education offered to prisoners if they desirr but not at the expense of the tax payer.