Budget plan drains schools

The effects on N.C.

15,000 seventh- through 12th-graders would no longer receive funding from the Gear-up Program.

Upward Bound and Talent Search program funds would be cut, affecting 12,226 students.

Federal research funding would be cut by 8 percent.

Biomedical research enterprise would see about $27 million in cuts - about 8 percent.

Students taking out loans would see higher interest rates. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.