Supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education.

Expresses support for efforts to:

• ensure that all students have access to debt-free higher education upon graduation from public institutions of higher education;
• provide support to states to make increased investments in higher education that will result in lower tuition and costs for students;
• increase financial aid to help students afford attending college without taking on debt;
• encourage innovation by states and institutions of higher education to cut costs for students and make college more affordable by increasing efficiency and enabling speedy and less-costly degree completion; and
• reduce the burden of existing student loan debt.