Gov. Tom Wolf calls for $204 million in tuition assistance for students at Pa. colleges

Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday proposed a new $204 million tuition assistance program that could help as many as a quarter of the students at Pennsylvania's 14 universities avoid substantial debt.

Governor. Tom Wolf addresses the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's inaugural "Independence Dinner." at The Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Friday, November 1, 2019Read more / File Photograph

by Susan Snyder and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA

Updated Feb. 4, 2020, 6:35 p.m. ET

Published Feb. 4, 2020, 4:57 p.m. ET