Proposed Whitehouse budget slashes GEAR UP

  • SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Sariah Hyatt becomes a Swain High School National Honor Society and GEAR UP L.E.A.D. student during the 2024-25 academic year. Hyatt said the L.E.A.D. program has helped her excel.
    SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Sariah Hyatt becomes a Swain High School National Honor Society and GEAR UP L.E.A.D. student during the 2024-25 academic year. Hyatt said the L.E.A.D. program has helped her excel.
    President Trump’s preliminary spending plan would cut education funding by $12 billion, according to the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request released May 2. TRIO...

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