Sen. Rodney Tom: Give college savings program the budget ax - John Stang, Crosscut

De facto Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, said Thursday that the Guaranteed Education Tuition program — dubbed "GET" — will likely be proposed as a cut by the largely Republican coalition he helped form in December. Tom contends it has put the state $631 million in the hole. The GET program allows families to pay for state university tuitions in segments years in advance of a child actually attending college, with the program — not the child's parents — compensating for increased tuition. http://crosscut.com/2013/01/10/education/112428/sen-rodney-tom-give-college-savings-program-budget/