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Del Valle Vows To Make College Easier For Chicago Kids

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle is offering a plan to make higher education more affordable to students and their families.

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Del Valle wants the city's community colleges to work more closely with four-year institutions, allowing students to start at more affordable two-year schools and finish at the state's four-year universities.

He wants to expand a Chicago Public School program that allows kids to earn college credits in high school. It's a program that he says not fully utilized.

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