Hillary Clinton is taking a page from Bernie Sanders' campaign playbook and offering a free college tuition plan of her own.

Clinton's "New College Compact" is aimed at families making less than $125,000 per year and would ensure they pay zero tuition for anyone wishing to attend a public college or university. That salary cap wouldn't happen until 2021. To start, the program is set for families earning less than $85,000 to qualify for free tuition. Each year after that, it will increase $10,000 until reaching the cap. When that happens, according to a Clinton aide, her plan covers 80% of American families.

Sanders' free college plan is what attracted the majority of his younger voters and Clinton, who's lacking in that department, is certainly wanting to win them over. When the two were in competition with one another, Clinton shot down Sanders' tuition plan which didn't have an income cap, saying it would give rich kids free access to college. 

The Clinton aide spoke to Mic:

"In her meeting last month with her primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clinton and Sanders discussed the virtues of their respective plans to improve college affordability and strategized about how best to promote the issue in the party's platform and ensure it remains a core issue in the general election debate."

There are additional benefits under Clinton's New College Compact: restoring year-round Pell Grant funding, allowing low-income students to take classes over the summer months, and a three-month moratorium on student loan payments for all federal loans.

The aide added, "During this time-out from paying student loans, every borrower will be given the resources and targeted help they need to save money on their loans."

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