Gretchen Whitmer: “The Michigan Reconnect offers all Michigan residents over…”

“The community college guarantee, which gives every high school graduate the chance to earn a tuition free associate's degree. The bipartisan program I want to draw our attention to now, however, is The Michigan Reconnect offers all Michigan residents over 25, 25 and up the chance to earn an associate's degree or skills certificate tuition free. I ran on this back in 2018 and I was thrilled we got it done in my first year. But since then, we've expanded it all with bipartisan support and more than 200,000 Michiganders have signed up.” (19:57–20:07)

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