Education across the swath is going to improve, but we wanted to make sure that we equipped our local public schools with the full capability to compete on that stage. And that's why I signed into law the largest funding increase ever for public schools in the state of Texas. Also, maybe the most important thing we have in our schools are our teachers. And we need to be able to attract and to retain the very best teachers. (17:24–17:31)
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