Maine Offers Free College Tuition to Lewiston Mass Shooting Victims, Families

The Lewiston Strong Tuition Waiver Program, Covering Over 80 People, Also Sets Up a Donation Fund for Other Post-Secondary Educational Expenses

Maine's public university system is offering free tuition to those wounded in the Lewiston mass shooting, as well as to the families of the people who were killed.
The Lewiston Strong Tuition Waiver program covers more than 80 people and creates a fund that the public can donate to that will cover other post-secondary educational expenses.
The program was announced by Gov. Janet Mills, University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy and trustees.
The people covered by the program include spouses and biological, adopted and step-children of the 18 people killed, and the 31 Maine residents who were injured in the shootings.
The Oct. 25 shootings left 18 people dead after a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a restaurant.