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Greg Abbott: “I signed the law [for] the largest teacher pay raise ever in…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Governor Greg Abbott announces his reelection bid in Houston

Published | Video Starts at 15:54

Also, maybe the most important thing we have in our schools are our teachers. And we need to be able to attract and retain the very best teachers. And that's why I signed the law [for] the largest teacher pay raise ever in Texas. A $4 billion pay raise for our teachers. teach. And to improve outcomes, we redoubled our efforts on core subjects like reading and writing, math and science, and we stopped the indoctrination of our kids in classrooms across our states. (15:54–16:26)

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