We, however, wanted to make sure that our public schools, which is where most of our kids are going to go to, will have the ability to compete with school choice. That's why We provided a record amount of funding for public education. And importantly, we invested in the most important element of to improve education for our students. And that is we provided an all time record $4.4 billion more to increase teacher pay in the state of Texas. (03:24–03:28)
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