CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A sigh of relief from West Virginia Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker after learning the state will continue to receive federal funding for its GEAR UP program.

GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) as the name suggests, helps prepare middle school and high school students for college.

Tucker told members of the state Higher Education Policy Commission Friday the Trump administration has cancelled several of the grants for others states in recent days but not West Virginia’s.

“Our federal renewal for our GEAR UP grant has been approved,” Tucker said. “We’ve been waiting in limbo for that for quite a few weeks. There have been GEAR UP grants all across the country that have been cancelled, they have been given

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