UT System expanding free tuition program [Video]

More universities within the University of Texas System will offer free tuition for qualifying families starting next fall.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley already offers a similar program. But for students like Clarissa Torres, the system-wide implementation could allow her to go to college outside the Rio Grande Valley.

Torres said she’s hoping to get accepted to UT Austin and study business after graduating from Donna High School.

“Leaving the Valley sometimes… maybe that gives you new doors to open, and new points of view,” Torres said.

Going to college in Austin may not cost her family as much. On Thursday, Nov. 21, the UT Board of Regents approved a plan to provide free tuition to families making up to $100 thousand per year starting next fall.

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