On the one hand, "free" Community College feels like a no-brainer, especially given how much practical job training they do. On the other hand, as an educator at a Community College, I worry about both teacher pay and state intrusion on the curriculum. I should say former educator, because I wasn't making nearly enough to survive and had to jump ship, in spite of being qualified and a good teacher. If we keep underpaying college-level instructors, and expecting it to be a side-hustle, we're going to lose our best teachers and de-value college. So any plan that doesn't emphasize how we're going to end adjunct-hiring isn't one I'm too interested in hearing. But also, states already want to be all over the Community College curriculum. CC interests are already pulled between academia and the needs of their community, so giving the state a bigger say in what classes will look like, which feels inevitable to me when funding comes more directly from them, really runs the risk of making a mess of things.