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Trump administration proposal could harm funds for unhoused students

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published August 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM CDT

The Trump administration has proposed removing dedicated funding for unhoused students. Instead, there would be consolidated funding with other education block grants.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong gets more on the proposal and the impact with Kalyn Belsha, senior national reporter for the education publication Chalkbeat.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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