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| https://rodneydavis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399530 | Ways and Means Committee Chair Agrees to Work Toward Tuition Waiver Solution in Tax Reform | 2017-11-15 | 2017 | 2017-11 | Republican | House | IL | Rodney Davis | D000619 | rodneydavis.house.gov | legacy | U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) tonight announced that Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) committed during a colloquy on the House floor that he will work toward a positive solution for qualified tuition waivers as tax reform moves forward. The Senate tax reform bill preserves the qualified tuition waiver, but the House bill currently does not. Chairman Brady said he will work to find a compromise with the Senate when the two bills go to conference. The House is expected to vote tomorrow on the first major tax reform bill in since 1986. Click to play video Davis represents eight colleges and universities in his district. Last year, the University of Illinois provided $184 million in tuition waivers to 1,387 faculty and staff – 1,100 of those employees made less than $75,000. In a letter to Chairman Brady last week, Davis expressed concern for this issue after a call with his higher education advisory board. He said this of qualified tuition waivers in a release last week: “That building services or mid-level clerical worker who has worked the same job at the university for 20 years just to afford a college education for their kid or the many graduate assistants teaching in exchange for tuition should be taken into consideration when discussing the qualified tuition reductions. I’m urging my colleagues to take a second look at eliminating this exclusion. Now is the time for all Democrats and Republicans to engage in the process and provide input on one of the most important bills we will ever work on in Congress.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |