California will make one year free at community colleges

California just became the latest state to reduce the cost of a public college education. Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday that will make one year free for students at the state’s 114 community colleges, so long as they are residents and new students who are enrolled full-time. It follows similar legislation adopted in New York and Rhode Island this year. California has one of the biggest community college systems in the country and it was already one of t