A Dallas charter school is getting a $15 million grant to prepare students for a career in health care.
A philanthropy run by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is donating the money to Baylor Scott & White Health, and the charter school system "Uplift Education."
The school is building two new campuses to focus on health care education. Bloomberg is also donating millions more to start similar programs in nine other cities.
Yasmin Bhatia is Uplift's CEO says they couldn't be more excited.
She says some of the students will go on to higher education, others will go directly into the healthcare industry.
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