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Good morning. This is Melanie Asmar with Chalkbeat Colorado.

When I started school, the internet as we know it didn’t exist. But my kids use it in their classrooms every day. A federal program that covers between 20% and 90% of schools’ internet expenses is under review, and Chalkbeat National Editor Erica Meltzer reports that it could lead to the elimination of the subsidies or new requirements to restrict screen time. Read more in today’s top story.

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