Assemblyman Jim Beall is trying to get pre-paid tuition rolling in California, joining nearly 20 other states who have some sort of program to lock in tuition costs years before a child actually attends college.
Beall has packaged this as tuition relief, and with costs increasing nearly 400% in 20 years, it's a pretty good way to package it. It also is nicely timed with Governor Schwarzenegger raising statewide tuition levels in his new budget.
