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Chris Larson: “A lot of our school districts, unfortunately have fallen and…”

Featuring: Chris Larson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 7

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Drinking Culture Shifts & Education Crisis | State Sen. Chris Larson

Published | Video Starts at 16:07

I remain hopeful that we'll actually try and get some things done. Public education is my number one priority. I'm hoping that the governor having that superintendent background will be something that he picks up. But A lot of our school districts, unfortunately have fallen and have fallen behind in terms of funding because the state continues to thin out their budgets, force them to go to referendum and put it all on property taxes. I saw something yesterday and I forget whose office it came out of. It was a Wisconsin Republican demanding more oversight over the students results. (16:07–16:21)

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Asserts that Wisconsin school districts are underfunded due to state budget cuts and reliance on property taxes.

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