United States Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently visited Philadelphia to meet with city employees who’ve benefitted from the public service loan forgiveness program. In the latest episode of Battleground Politics, NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke with Cardona about a wide range of issues, including student loan forgiveness, campus protests, education funding and whether he’d serve in a Harris administration.
Here’s a full breakdown of the episode:
:51 – Student loans
2:36 – Timeline of student loan forgiveness plan
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5:00 – The Hatch Act
6:00 – Access to financial aid
7:50 – Campus protests amid the Israel-Hamas War
10:00 – School funding in Pennsylvania
12:15 – Possibility of serving in a Kamala Harris administration
Battleground Politics with Lauren Mayk
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