Ivy Tech Community College is eliminating a popular summer program for high school students after lawmakers finalized a new budget that could reduce the college’s funding by $27 million annually.

Ivy Tech Community College will offer free classes for Indiana high schoolers this summer, the fourth year of a program that helps students earn free college credits.

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More than half of Marion County high school graduates earn dual credits from public colleges during their high school years.