Pflugerville - Hutto | February 2024

Education

ACC ocials propose free tuition program for high school seniors

Some enrolled and prospective Austin Community College students could soon qualify for free tuition, pending the outcome of a proposal from ACC’s new chancellor. What’s happening? In February, ACC Chancellor Russell Lowery-Hart will propose to the college system’s board of trustees a measure to create a zero-cost tuition program for high school seniors, with the eventual goal of including students at all lev- els who live in the college system’s service area. While Pugerville and Hutto are not in ACC’s district, Pugerville ISD is within the service area and could benet from the program. If approved, it will go into eect this fall, a Jan. 10 release from ACC states. ACC has not increased tuition rates in the last decade. About the program High school students who reside in the service area and graduate this spring would qualify for up

How it works Under the program, $85 per credit hour would be funded for each student for a period of three years, covering several fees paid by students: Resident tuition $67 General fee $15 Success fee $2 Sustainability fee $1 $85 per credit hour allocations Fees that would not be covered include: • Out-of-district fees • Tuition for nonresident and international students • Course- and program-speciic fees • Textbook costs

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to three years of free tuition, with enrolled ACC students qualifying for two years of free tuition.

Hutto ISD names rst principal for Gus Almquist Middle School

Hutto ISD named Ryan Burns as the rst principal for Gus Almquist Middle School, which is set to open this fall. What you need to know Trustees of the school board voted unanimously to name Burns to lead the campus during a Jan. 25 meeting. Burns has served the district in both assistant principal, associate principal and principal positions at Hutto High School and Farley Middle School.

“It is an honor to be named the rst principal of Gus Almquist Middle School. I have loved serving the Hutto community for the last eight years through

both Farley Middle School and Hutto

High School.” RYAN BURNS,

FUTURE PRINCIPAL OF GUS ALMQUIST MIDDLE SCHOOL

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