BATON ROUGE - In May, the Trump Administration proposed cutting $1.5 billion in funds for TRiO programs.

TRiO is a federal initiative that's been around for more than 60 years, with one of its most popular programs being Upward Bound. The program provides certain categories of high school students with better opportunities for attending college.

"College and career preparation. We take the students to academic institutions of higher learning just to make sure they experience the different backgrounds and fields that are available," Kent Battiste, the program director in Baton Rouge, said.

Now, the program's future is in limbo. 

"We haven't received our funding, so I can't offer any services," Battiste said. 

Woodlawn High School is losing its funding, which means students will no longer have access to the programs. Breyanty Johnson, an 11th grader at Woodlawn, says this makes her sad because it's been so impactful in her life. 

"I've taken summer classes over six weeks of summer, ACT pr,ep and I've gotten a head start in subjects that I'll be doing the grade after," Johnson said. 

In Trump's budget report, TRiO is referred to as a "relic of the past" and "Woke Ideology." The report suggests leaving community outreach to K-12 students in the hands of colleges. However, students like Johnson disagree and believe it's going to hurt students who can't access the program. 

"If this program is taken away, that means a lot of students will not get the opportunities that we did, and for me, I think that means a low success rate, especially in low-income students," Johnson said