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Chris Larson: “Back in 2020 in the April cycle, there's 57 school…”

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

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Looking Ahead with State Senator Chris Larson

Published | Video Starts at 17:58

It's like talking about taking a grand worldwide vacation while your kids don't have books and are not able to get a basic level of education. And this isn't a one off. We've seen the number of referendums go up Back in 2020 in the April cycle, there's 57 school referendums totaling 1.73 billion, 91% of those passed. And so this is a continued crisis because that is the only means that they have to be able to raise revenue because the state continues to say, tighten your belts or punish them. (17:58–18:08)

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