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Cherelle Parker: “We've shifted one and a half percent to our schools already.”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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Full speech: Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker delivers 'State of the City' address

Published | Video Starts at 30:44

You said you wanted to shift 3%. Of property tax revenues to our schools. Let me make this plain. I'm only coming up on my second year and We've shifted one and a half percent to our schools already. so we're well on our way to keeping our promise to our children here in Philadelphia. You. We now fund, and this is important, before and after school educational enrichment programs in 40 schools, both traditional public and public charter schools. (30:44–30:48)

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Asserts that 1.5% of property tax revenues have been shifted to schools.

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