Even with school of choice, most of our kids are still going to go to their local public schools just like I did. And we want to have the best public schools in the state. And that's why We passed the largest funding increase for public schools ever in Texas, more than $8 billion more for public schools. 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. (21:04–21:14)
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