Maryland Delegates Consider Tuition Guarantee Bill

ANNAPOLIS - A bill in the Maryland legislature would require public colleges and universities to publish four years' worth of tuition rates in advance.

Under the Maryland Truth in Tuition Act rates could still be subject to change over time but once published, rates could not be increased.

At a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday, supporters said the bill would create predictable tuition expenses, which they say would help middle-class families budget and save to allow their children to go to college.

The bill's sponsor, Delegate Heather Mizeur, D-Montgomery, introduced the same legislation...