By Andy Furman

NKyTribune staff writer

It is back. The partnership has returned.

Northern Kentucky University and Gateway Community & Technical College are reinstituting the River City Promise program, offering free tuition and benefits for Pell-eligible high school students from participating districts in Northern Kentucky.

That announcement was made jointly by both schools, at a Monday news announcement held at Gateway’s Florence campus.

The River City Promise program allows qualifying students to complete an associate degree at Gateway Community & Technical College with free tuition before transferring to NKU. Currently, six Northern Kentucky school districts are participating in the program: Bellevue, Dayton, Holmes, Lloyd, Ludlow, and Newport.

Initially launched in 2020, there a

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