Around 625,000 Michigan essential workers will be eligible for free community college under a new program first announced by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in April and formalized on Thursday.

Under the program Whitmer is calling Futures for Frontliners, people who worked frontline jobs during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak between April and June will be eligible for a free high school completion program, community college degree or both.

“Over the past six months Michiganders across the state have put their lives on the line every single day to protect others from this deadly virus,” Whitmer said during a news conference Thursday announcing the program.

Source: Gov. Whitmer thanks Michigan COVID essential workers with free community college | Bridge Michigan