his free college tuition plan is lazy and dumb as stuff. the way he has set it up is that 1/3 of it will be up to the states to figure out.
this is old news but this is honestly just how it works in
many cases
states have to provide matching funds if they want to participate in the programs. the federal government doesn't directly control things that are out of its power, it uses its spending powers to give the states money for programs like this. because the states are running the programs, it makes sense that they would have to account a fraction of the bill. this is how many federal programs work. some mandates even tell the states to somehow get
all of the funds needed for a program