On Monday, March 2, 2026, Kim Eckhart, Lisa Dickson and Gabriella Craft had a virtual meeting with Simone Amoako, Senior Legislative Aide of Senator Michele Reynolds to ask if Senator Reynolds would be willing to include tuition vouchers in Senate Bill 13.
In Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Virginia, publicly funded higher education institutions are prohibited from charging tuition for this population. This avoids needing to ask for a provision in the state budget every two years.
We shared the two diagrams below, along with a report demonstrating the high rates of food and housing insecurity faced by students with a foster care history.
