You know, we're sitting on a $4 billion that was a billion dollar surplus. And The reason we're sitting on that surplus in the state of Wisconsin is because we haven't been funding our public schools like we should have been. There were more referendums for people in the state of Wisconsin in 2024 that they agreed to, you know, up their taxes because they want to support their neighborhood schools than we've ever seen before. (08:57–09:04)
CLAIM
Asserts that the surplus exists because public schools have not been adequately funded.
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