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Gavin Newsom: “When I got here, we were about $17,000 per pupil. Now it's…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 19:26

Well, you can see here under the formula, under Prop 98 and our ongoing commitment beyond 98 to education, significant increases in our TK through 12 education funding. Put that in perspective. When I got here, we were about $17,000 per pupil. Now it's over $28,000, $28,282 per student. 66% increase in investments in per pupil funding in the state. Just on 98 alone, you see a 79, almost 80% increase in investments, 11,698 to $21,013 per student. (19:26–19:36)

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Asserts that per pupil funding in California has increased from $17,000 to $28,282.

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