If you actually go back and look, if we go, if we actually kept pace with inflation of where the per pupil funding was 15 years ago once the first recession hit, when the housing bubble burst, We would have to increase the per pupil funds across the board by $3,000 [to keep pace with inflation since the first recession]. Right. That's not just for, for urban districts or just rural districts, that's across the board to make sure we just kept pace with inflation because of their, the cuts and things that have happened between there. (03:38–03:58)
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Asserts that per pupil funding needs a $3,000 increase to match inflation since the recession.
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