President Joe Biden proposed expanding access to free community college across the U.S., and other initiatives to make higher education less costly. In the president’s budget for fiscal 2025, Biden called for increasing the amount of Pell Grants and establishing a “Reducing the Costs of College Fund.” President Joe Biden has proposed expanding free community college across the U.S., and other initiatives to lower higher education costs. The plans, announced Monday as part of Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget for fiscal 2025, face slim chances of becoming law this year with Republicans in control of the House.
