A rise in enrollment at Maine’s group faculties has motivated lawmakers to contemplate the potential of providing on-campus housing on the faculties.
On-campus housing isn’t widespread at group faculties, however there’s an rising pattern towards it across the nation. A proposal launched by Democratic Rep. Daniel Hobbs of Wells would direct the Maine Group School System to check offering housing on its campuses.
Enrollment in Maine’s group faculties is up 12% for the reason that state created a free tuition program. That has introduced with it a better demand for housing in an more and more costly rental market, Hobbs stated.
Hobbs stated on-campus housing “must be extra accessible to all college students in order that discovering off-campus housing will not be added to the checklist of challenges college students already face.”
Maine’s group school system has seven faculties and serves about 17,000 college students.
Discovering dwelling preparations has turn out to be a battle for a lot of school college students across the nation as a result of lease hikes and housing shortages.
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