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Youth Program Lets Teens Take the Reins of State Government

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State government handles a lot of big, adult things. So what would happen if we let a bunch of teenagers take the reins? That's the idea behind a California program aimed at teaching students about state government in the most hands on way possible -- by letting them build one and run it. KQED's Amanda Font met up with them in Sacramento.

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