Pennsylvania Foster Kids Will Be Able to Attend College Tuition-Free In 2020. But the Law Could Be Even Stronger, Advocates Say

The provision was removed to make the bill more palatable, Nadia Mozaffar, a staff attorney at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia who helped draft the legislation, told the Capital-Star. It’s something the center still supports.

“We know that even after tuition and fees are waived there’s still a lot of unmet financial need that people in foster care face,” she said.