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Greg Abbott: “We gave them the largest pay raise ever, a 4 billion dollar…”

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Gov. Greg Abbott Holds Get Out The Vote Event In Atkins, Texas Ahead Of Next Week's Primaries

Published | Video Starts at 21:28

We know the most important thing in our schools, those are our teachers. And we want to be able to attract and to retain the best teachers. And that's why We gave them the largest pay raise ever, a 4 billion dollar pay raise for our teachers. here in graduate camps. I'm sure you can agree with me that even if we do have a best teachers, we're not going to have the best schools. (21:28–21:36)

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Asserts that Texas teachers received a $4 billion pay raise, the largest ever.

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