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• Oklahoma lawmaker wants armed officers in private schools
• Chicago school board approves revised budget with $215 million hole
• U.S. mayors ask Trump to keep young illegal immigration policy
• Report: LGBT students still face discrimination at school
• What U.S. Student Loan Repayment Budget Estimates Mean to Borrowers
• Grads' Earnings Can Contribute to Community College Decisions

Oklahoma lawmaker wants armed officers in private schools Posted: 07 Dec 2016 05:11 PM PST TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker wants to slash the costs of obtaining and renewing handgun permits, place armed police officers in private schools and allow the governor and top elected officials to carry guns.

Chicago school board approves revised budget with $215 million hole Posted: 07 Dec 2016 03:19 PM PST The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved a revised fiscal 2017 budget that accommodates a new teachers' contract, but contains a $215 million funding gap for pensions. The spending plan for the fiscal year that began on July 1 was increased by $55 million to $5.5 billion to reflect an additional contribution of surplus tax increment financing money from the city of Chicago. Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the nation's third-largest public school system, is struggling with pension payments that will jump to about $720 million this fiscal year from $676 million in fiscal 2016, as well as drained reserves and debt dependency.

U.S. mayors ask Trump to keep young illegal immigration policy Posted: 07 Dec 2016 02:49 PM PST By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayors from the largest U.S. cities warned President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday of the potential economic harm he might cause if he wipes out a program that allows young illegal immigrants to remain in the United States. DACA, or The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, was created through an executive order in 2012. It allows undocumented young people brought to the United States before the age of 16 to remain without fear of deportation as they pursue a higher education, work or engage in military service.

Report: LGBT students still face discrimination at school Posted: 07 Dec 2016 02:36 PM PST SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Many public schools are still hostile environments for LGBT students, an international human rights organization concluded in a report released Wednesday.

What U.S. Student Loan Repayment Budget Estimates Mean to Borrowers Posted: 07 Dec 2016 07:00 AM PST Last week's higher education headlines were packed with stories about a federal report on the projected cost of forgiveness under income-driven repayment plans. Currently, certain income-driven repayment plans require payment on federal student loans for 20 to 25 years -- 10 years if the borrower works in public service -- and then the federal government forgives any remaining balance, although th e forgiven amount is taxed as income. The report was critical of the Department of Education's approach to estimating the amount projected to be forgiven for all federal student loans borrowed between 1995 and 2017, in particular because the department's latest projections doubled the anticipated amount from the original estimates for at least some of the loans in question.

Grads' Earnings Can Contribute to Community College Decisions Posted: 07 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST Students interested in a career training program now have more information in making that educational investment decision. The Department of Education for the first time released data on the earnings of graduates from thousands of different career training programs on its website last month. The data release, the first of two, highlights the outcomes of students attending career college programs.

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