Yes, and for all students. However, implementing a fully fareless system would mean many millions in lost revenue that would need to be made up in taxes and Spokane is not that blue of a city. I would be very very nervous that completely eliminating fares would seriously degrade service.

That's awesome. The fare revenue would need to be filled from elsewhere for sure.

An important detail is the state pays for free fares. If the money was coming from local taxes I think it would always be in jeopardy or have more negative effects on service. It is awesome though, it got me riding the bus young and now I'm very happy paying for buses (via both fares and taxes).