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Chris Larson: “There has been a malicious and deliberate, deliberate…”

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

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Chris Larson on Milwaukee Public Schools' fiscal situation | Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 06:59

But I think it's better to put the frustration right where it belongs. And I would put that at the state, not at the school board level. There has been a malicious and deliberate, deliberate underfunding of public education in our state for decades. You can mark on a chart that 15 years ago, on a per pupil basis, students were worth more than they are today. They are not even keeping pace with inflation. (06:59–07:05)

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Asserts that public education in the state has been deliberately underfunded for decades.

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