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At a gathering of local education officials Friday at North Seattle College, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray asserted that the Trump administration is jeopardizing programs and money for students by shifting billions in education funding from the Department of Education to other federal agencies.

“When you shift a program or a department to another agency that has no clue how to administer it, or how to get money out, or even cares about it, you eventuall

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