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03/17/17: What federal budget cuts could mean for America’s school system

Trump's new budget blueprint for the upcoming year includes a $9 billion reduction in the federal education budget. We'll look at how the cuts will affect after-school programming and teacher training. Afterwards, we'll look at what's on the agenda at today's meeting between the world's finance leaders, and then discuss the difficulties happening for rural hospitals across the country.

Trump’s new budget blueprint for the upcoming year includes a $9 billion reduction in the federal education budget. We’ll look at how the cuts will affect after-school programming and teacher training. Afterwards, we’ll discuss what’s on the agenda at this week’s meeting between the world’s finance leaders, and then explore the difficulties happening for rural hospitals across the country.

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