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Greg Abbott: “We always balance our budget where you are required to do so…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Texas Governor Abbott Discusses School Choice and Education Funding

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

There's no automatic increase in future years. The only amount that it can increase is the amount that the legislature decides to allocate to it. As a result. We always balance our budget where you are required to do so by law. And this will pose no budgetary problem for us in the future. So if you can only increase it, can it be decreased by them as well? (02:24–02:29)

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Asserts that Texas is legally required to balance its budget.

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