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State aid sought for high-level courses

Without funding, advocates see cuts

A nonprofit program that has helped 53 public high schools in Boston and across the state to offer more college-level courses is making a push to get a substantial increase in state funding or it may have to cut off more than a dozen schools. The Mass Math + Science Initiative says it needs $3.25 million in state funding to maintain so-called “Advanced Placement’’ courses at the 53 high schools.

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